spillaccherasse
Syllables
spil-lac-che-ras-se
Pronunciation
/spil.lak.keˈra.s.se/
Stress
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Morphemes
spilla + cchiare-asse-re
The word 'spillaccherasse' is syllabified as spil-lac-che-ras-se, with stress on 'ras'. It's a verb form derived from 'spillacchiare', exhibiting typical Italian syllabification rules regarding consonant clusters and stress placement.
Definitions
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They were splashing around/frolicking in water.
They were splashing around.
“I bambini spillaccheravano nel fiume.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'ras' according to the standard Italian stress pattern.
Syllables
spil — Open syllable, initial consonant cluster.. lac — Open syllable, vowel-consonant-vowel pattern.. che — Open syllable, vowel-consonant-vowel pattern.. ras — Closed syllable, stressed syllable.. se — Open syllable, final syllable.
Word Parts
Initial Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters at the beginning of a word are maintained within the first syllable.
Vowel-Consonant-Vowel
Vowel-consonant-vowel patterns create separate syllables.
Geminate Consonants
Geminate consonants are not broken across syllable boundaries.
Penultimate Stress
Italian generally stresses the penultimate syllable.
- The geminate 'cc' in 'lacche' is a standard feature of Italian syllabification. The imperfect ending '-asse' does not present any unusual challenges.
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