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desesperar-nos-íamos

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

8 syllables
20 characters
Portuguese
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8syllables

despeserarnosíamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-pe-se-rar-nos-í-a-mos

Pronunciation

/dez.es.pe.ɾaɾ.nɔʃ.ˈi.ɐ.muʃ/

Stress

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Morphemes

des- + esperar + -ar-nos-íamos

The word 'desesperar-nos-íamos' is a verb form syllabified into eight syllables with stress on 'rar'. It's composed of the prefix 'des-', root 'esperar', and suffixes '-ar-nos-íamos'. Syllabification follows standard Portuguese rules.

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1

    To despair

    We would despair

    Se soubéssemos o que ia acontecer, desesperar-nos-íamos.

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the root 'rar'.

Syllables

8
des/dɛʃ/
pe/pɛ/
se/sɛ/
rar/ɾaɾ/
nos/nɔʃ/
í/i/
a/ɐ/
mos/muʃ/

des Onset-Rime, closed syllable, unstressed.. pe Onset-Rime, open syllable, unstressed.. se Onset-Rime, open syllable, unstressed.. rar Onset-Rime, closed syllable, stressed.. nos Onset-Rime, closed syllable, unstressed.. í Vowel as syllable, unstressed.. a Vowel as syllable, unstressed, vowel reduction.. mos Onset-Rime, closed syllable, unstressed.

Onset-Rime

Syllables are divided into initial consonant(s) (onset) and a vowel plus any following consonants (rime).

Vowel as Syllable

Each vowel typically forms a syllable.

Sonority Sequencing Principle

Consonant clusters are broken down based on sonority.

  • Enclitic pronoun '-nos' treated as a single prosodic unit.
  • Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/11/2025

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