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desinfetar-lhes-íamos

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7 syllables
21 characters
Portuguese
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7syllables

desinfetarlhesíamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

des-in-fe-tar-lhes-ía-mos

Pronunciation

/de.zĩ.fe.ˈtaɾ.ʎɛʃ.ˈi.ɐ.muʃ/

Stress

0001010

Morphemes

des- + infetar + -ar-lhes-íamos

The word 'desinfetar-lhes-íamos' is a conjugated verb form in Portuguese. It is syllabified as des-in-fe-tar-lhes-ía-mos, with stress on the 'tar' syllable. It consists of the prefix 'des-', the root 'infetar', and the suffixes '-ar-lhes-íamos'. The syllabification follows standard Portuguese rules of vowel separation, consonant cluster breaking, and pronoun cliticization.

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1

    We would disinfect them.

    We would disinfect them.

    Se tivéssemos mais tempo, desinfetar-lhes-íamos os brinquedos.

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the 'tar' syllable (4th syllable), due to the presence of a tonic syllable ending in 'ar' and the imperfect subjunctive ending.

Syllables

7
des/deʃ/
in/ĩ/
fe/fɛ/
tar/taɾ/
lhes/ʎɛʃ/
ía/i.ɐ/
mos/muʃ/

des Open syllable, initial syllable.. in Closed syllable, nasal vowel.. fe Open syllable.. tar Closed syllable, stressed syllable.. lhes Closed syllable, pronoun clitic.. ía Open syllable, part of the verb ending.. mos Closed syllable, final syllable.

Vowel Separation

Each vowel generally forms a separate syllable.

Consonant Clusters

Consonant clusters are broken according to sonority.

Pronoun Cliticization

Pronouns attached to the verb are syllabified as part of the verb complex.

Stress Placement

Stress falls on the penultimate syllable when the word ends in a vowel, 'n', or 's'.

  • The 'lh' digraph represents a single phoneme /ʎ/.
  • The imperfect subjunctive ending '-íamos' is a common pattern.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/8/2025

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