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descalcificar-lhes-íamos

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8 syllables
24 characters
Portuguese
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8syllables

descalcificarlhesíamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-cal-ci-fi-car-lhes-ía-mos

Pronunciation

/des.kal.si.fi.kaɾ.ʎes.ˈi.ɐ.muʃ/

Stress

00010110

Morphemes

des- + calcificar + -lhes-íamos

The word 'descalcificar-lhes-íamos' is a complex verb form syllabified according to Portuguese rules, dividing before vowels and after consonants. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the root. It consists of a prefix, root, and suffixes, and its meaning is 'we would decalcify them'.

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1

    We would decalcify them.

    We would decalcify them.

    Os médicos disseram que descalcificar-lhes-íamos as artérias.

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the root ('fi'), due to the conditional ending '-íamos'.

Syllables

8
des/des/
cal/kal/
ci/si/
fi/fi/
car/kaɾ/
lhes/ʎes/
/ˈi.ɐ/
mos/muʃ/

des Open syllable, onset 'd', rime 'es'. cal Open syllable, onset 'c', rime 'al'. ci Open syllable, onset 'c', rime 'i'. fi Open, stressed syllable, onset 'f', rime 'i'. car Open syllable, onset 'c', rime 'ar'. lhes Open syllable, onset 'lh', rime 'es'. Open, stressed syllable, onset 'i', rime 'á'. mos Open syllable, onset 'm', rime 'os'

Vowel-Consonant Division

Syllables are divided before vowels and after consonants.

Clitic Pronoun Treatment

Clitic pronouns like 'lhes' are treated as single syllable units.

  • Palatalization of 'c' before 'i' (ci -> /si/).
  • Nasalization of vowels before nasal consonants.
  • Stress placement influenced by the conditional ending.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/6/2025

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