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riabbracciavano

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6 syllables
15 characters
Italian
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6syllables

riabbracciavano

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

ri-a-bbrac-cia-va-no

Pronunciation

/ri.ab.brat.ˈtʃa.va.no/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

ri- + abbracc- + -iavano

The word 'riabbracciavano' is syllabified as ri-a-bbrac-cia-va-no, with stress on the penultimate syllable 'cia'. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'ri-', the root 'abbracc-', and the suffix '-iavano'. The geminate consonant 'bb' is treated as a single unit. The word is a verb in the imperfect indicative, meaning 'they were embracing'.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To embrace again, to hug again.

    They were embracing.

    “Si riabbracciavano dopo anni di lontananza.”

    “I bambini si riabbracciavano felici.”

    syn:stringere di nuovoabbracciare nuovamente
    ant:respingereallontanare

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the fourth syllable ('cia'), indicated by '1'. All other syllables are unstressed ('0').

Syllables

6
ri/ri/
a/a/
bbrac/bbrat/
cia/tʃa/
va/va/
no/no/

ri — Open syllable, initial syllable.. a — Open syllable, vowel-only.. bbrac — Closed syllable, containing a geminate consonant.. cia — Closed syllable, stressed syllable.. va — Open syllable.. no — Open syllable, final syllable.

Word Parts

pre

ri-

Latin 're-', meaning 'again'. Reduplication prefix.

root

abbracc-

From Latin 'abraciare', meaning 'to embrace'. Verbal root.

suf

-iavano

Imperfect indicative ending, 3rd person plural. '-ia-' is a thematic vowel, '-vano' is the inflectional ending.

Similar Words

ri­a­bbrac­cioa­bbrac­cia­va­nori­ac­cen­de­re

Vowel-Initial Syllables

Each vowel generally begins a new syllable.

Consonant Clusters

Consonant clusters are split according to sonority, but geminate consonants remain together.

Penultimate Stress

Italian words generally have stress on the penultimate syllable.

  • The geminate consonant 'bb' is treated as a single unit for syllabification.
  • No significant regional variations affect the core syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/8/2025

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