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contramarcar-lhes-ão

Complete linguistic analysis including syllable division, pronunciation, morphology, and definitions.

6 syllables
20 characters
Portuguese
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6syllables

contramarcarlhesão

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

con-tra-mar-car-lhes-ão

Pronunciation

/kõ.tɾɐ.mɐɾ.kaɾ.lɛʃ.ɐ̃w̃/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

contramarca- + marca- + -lhes-ão

The word 'contramarcar-lhes-ão' is a complex Portuguese verb form syllabified as con-tra-mar-car-lhes-ão, with stress on the penultimate syllable. It's composed of a prefix, root, and suffixes, and its pronunciation involves nasal vowels and potential vowel reduction. Syllabification follows standard Portuguese rules, but the presence of a clitic pronoun and a future subjunctive ending adds complexity.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To countermark, to overmark, to invalidate a previous mark.

    To countermark, to overmark

    Nós contramarcar-lhes-íamos os documentos.

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('car') of the base verb 'contramarcar'. The clitic pronoun and future subjunctive ending do not shift the stress.

Syllables

6
con/kõ/
tra/tɾɐ/
mar/maɾ/
car/kaɾ/
lhes/lɛʃ/
ão/ɐ̃w̃/

con Open syllable, nasal vowel.. tra Open syllable.. mar Open syllable.. car Open syllable.. lhes Closed syllable, clitic pronoun.. ão Closed syllable, nasal diphthong.

Open Syllable Rule

Syllables ending in vowels are open.

Closed Syllable Rule

Syllables ending in consonants are closed.

Diphthong/Triphthong Rule

Vowel combinations are generally kept within the same syllable.

Clitic Pronoun Rule

Clitic pronouns are treated as separate syllables, but are phonologically integrated.

  • The clitic pronoun 'lhes' can be reduced in rapid speech.
  • The final 'ão' is a nasal diphthong and can be subject to vowel reduction.
  • The word's length and complexity require careful application of syllabification rules.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/12/2025

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