desconcentrarmeiam
Syllables
des-con-cen-trar-me-iam
Pronunciation
/deʃ kõ̃.sẽ.tɾɐˈɾ me.jɐ̃/
Stress
000100
Morphemes
des- + concentrar + -me-iam
The word 'desconcentrar-me-iam' is syllabified as 'des-con-cen-trar-me-iam', with stress on 'trar'. It's a verb formed from the prefix 'des-', root 'concentrar', clitic pronoun 'me', and inflectional suffix '-iam'. Syllable division follows standard Portuguese rules of vowel grouping and consonant cluster splitting.
Definitions
- 1
We were distracting ourselves/becoming distracted.
We were distracting ourselves
“Quando ele chegou, nós nos estávamos a desconcentrar-me-iam com o barulho.”
Stress pattern
The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the root 'trar'.
Syllables
des — Open syllable, initial syllable.. con — Closed syllable, nasal vowel.. cen — Open syllable, nasal vowel.. trar — Stressed syllable, closed syllable.. me — Open syllable, clitic pronoun.. iam — Open syllable, inflectional suffix, nasal vowel.
Word Parts
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Vowel Grouping
Vowels within dipthongs or triphthongs are kept together.
Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters are split based on sonority.
Open/Closed Syllables
Syllables are classified as open or closed based on their final sound.
- The clitic pronoun 'me' attaches to the verb but doesn't alter the core syllable division rules.
- Potential vowel reduction in rapid speech.
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