contrafortarlhesemos
Syllables
con-tra-for-tar-lhes-e-mos
Pronunciation
/kõtɾɐfuɾtaɾ ˈlɛʃ.ɨ.muʃ/
Stress
0010001
Morphemes
contra- + fort- + -ar-lhes-emos
The word 'contrafortar-lhes-emos' is a complex verb form in Portuguese. Syllabification follows standard Portuguese rules, dividing the word into seven syllables. The stress falls on the third syllable ('for'). The word is composed of the prefix 'contra-', the root 'fort-', and several suffixes indicating verb tense and pronoun reference. The 'lh' digraph is treated as a single phoneme, and vowel reduction occurs in unstressed syllables.
Definitions
- 1
To buttress them; to reinforce them.
To buttress/reinforce them
“Se precisarmos, contrafortar-lhes-emos a estrutura.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('for'), due to the infinitive ending '-ar'.
Syllables
con — Open syllable, initial syllable.. tra — Open syllable, consonant cluster 'tr'. for — Closed, stressed syllable.. tar — Open syllable.. lhes — Closed syllable, enclitic pronoun.. e — Open syllable, reduced vowel.. mos — Closed syllable, final syllable.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Consonant (VC)
Syllables generally form around vowels. A vowel followed by a consonant creates a syllable.
Consonant Cluster + Vowel (CV)
Consonant clusters followed by a vowel form a syllable.
Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC)
A consonant-vowel-consonant sequence forms a syllable.
Isolated Vowel
A single vowel constitutes a syllable.
- The 'lh' digraph is treated as a single phoneme.
- Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables.
- Enclitic pronoun '-lhes' is treated as a separate syllable unit.
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