contramarcarlheias
Syllables
con-tra-mar-car-lhe-ias
Pronunciation
/kõ.tɾɐ.mɐɾ.ˈkaɾ.ʎɨ.ɐʃ/
Stress
000100
Morphemes
contramar- + marcar + -lhe-ias
The word 'contramarcar-lhe-ias' is a complex verb form with a prefix 'contramar-', root 'marcar', and clitic pronoun/inflectional ending '-lhe-ias'. Syllabification follows Portuguese rules of open/closed syllables and penultimate stress. The word means 'to countermark' and is stressed on the fourth syllable.
Definitions
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the fourth syllable ('car'), the penultimate syllable of the root 'marcar'.
Syllables
con — Open syllable, nasal vowel.. tra — Open syllable.. mar — Open syllable.. car — Stressed, open syllable.. lhe — Closed syllable, semi-vowel.. ias — Closed syllable.
Word Parts
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Open Syllable
A syllable ending in a vowel is considered open.
Closed Syllable
A syllable ending in a consonant is considered closed.
Penultimate Stress
In Portuguese, words ending in vowels, 'n', or 's' are generally stressed on the penultimate syllable.
- The clitic pronoun 'lhe' is treated as a separate syllable.
- The imperfect subjunctive ending 'ias' is also a separate syllable.
- Nasal vowels require careful transcription.
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