desmentirlhesíamos
Syllables
des-men-tir-lhes-ía-mos
Pronunciation
/deʃmẽˈtiɾʎɛʃˈja.muʃ/
Stress
001000
Morphemes
des- + ment- + -ir/-lhes/-íamos
The word 'desmentir-lhes-íamos' is a conditional perfect verb form syllabified as 'des-men-tir-lhes-ía-mos', with stress on 'tir'. It means 'we would deny to them' and follows standard Portuguese syllabification rules based on vowels and sonority.
Definitions
- 1
We would deny to them.
We would deny to them.
“Se tivéssemos provas, desmentir-lhes-íamos as acusações.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable, 'tir', following the penultimate stress rule.
Syllables
des — Open syllable, initial syllable of the word.. men — Open syllable, containing a nasal vowel.. tir — Closed syllable, stressed syllable.. lhes — Closed syllable, clitic pronoun.. ía — Open syllable, part of the auxiliary verb.. mos — Closed syllable, final syllable of the verb.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Initial Syllables
Each vowel generally begins a new syllable.
Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters are broken according to sonority.
Clitic Pronouns
Clitic pronouns are treated as separate syllables.
Penultimate Stress
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable unless otherwise marked.
- Palatalization of /ʎ/ in 'lhes' is a phonetic variation, not affecting orthographic syllabification.
- The combination of verb, pronoun, and auxiliary verb creates a complex sequence.
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