amedrontarlhesíamos
Syllables
a-me-dron-tar-lhes-ía-mos
Pronunciation
/ɐ.mɛ.dɾõ.ˈtaɾ.ʎɛʃ.ˈi.ɐ.muʃ/
Stress
0010010
Morphemes
a- + medron- + -tar-lhes-íamos
The word 'amedrontar-lhes-íamos' is a future conditional verb meaning 'we would frighten them'. It's syllabified as a-me-dron-tar-lhes-ía-mos, with primary stress on 'dron'. The word's structure includes a prefix, root, and suffixes, and its syllabification follows standard Portuguese rules.
Definitions
- 1
To frighten them; we would frighten them.
We would frighten them.
“Se ele continuasse a ameaçar, amedrontar-lhes-íamos.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the 'dron' syllable. Secondary stress on 'ía'. Other syllables are unstressed.
Syllables
a — Open syllable, unstressed.. me — Open syllable, unstressed.. dron — Closed syllable, primary stress.. tar — Closed syllable, unstressed.. lhes — Closed syllable, unstressed.. ía — Open syllable, secondary stress.. mos — Closed syllable, unstressed.
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- Regional variations in the pronunciation of 'r' (retroflex vs. trill).
- The enclitic pronoun 'lhes' can sometimes be treated as a single syllable unit, but separation is more common.
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