riprecipitavamo
Syllables
ri-pre-ci-pi-ta-va-mo
Pronunciation
/ri.pre.tʃi.pi.ˈta.va.mo/
Stress
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Morphemes
ri- + precipit- + -ava-mo
The word 'riprecipitavamo' is a verb form divided into seven syllables: ri-pre-ci-pi-ta-va-mo. Stress falls on 'ta'. It's composed of the prefix 'ri-', the root 'precipit-', and the suffixes '-ava-' and '-mo'. Syllabification follows standard Italian rules, with the 'ci' cluster treated as a single unit.
Definitions
- 1
to relapse, to fall back
We were relapsing/falling back
“Noi riprecipitavamo nei vecchi errori.”
“Quando eravamo giovani, riprecipitavamo spesso nelle discussioni.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'ta'.
Syllables
ri — Open syllable, initial syllable.. pre — Open syllable.. ci — Closed syllable, 'ci' functions as a single phoneme.. pi — Open syllable.. ta — Closed, stressed syllable.. va — Open syllable.. mo — Open syllable, final syllable.
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Vowel Rule
Syllables generally end in vowels.
Consonant Cluster Rule
Consonant clusters are broken after the first consonant if a vowel follows, except for established digraphs like 'ci'.
Stress Rule
Stress typically falls on the penultimate syllable in Italian.
- The 'ci' cluster is treated as a single phoneme /tʃi/. The imperfect ending '-ava' is a standard morphological feature.
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