embranquecervosíamos
Syllables
em-bran-que-cer-vos-ía-mos
Pronunciation
/ẽ.bɾɐ̃.ke.ˈseɾ.vɔʃ.ˈja.muʃ/
Stress
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Morphemes
em- + branq- + -ecer-vos-íamos
The word 'embranquecer-vos-íamos' is a complex verb form syllabified as em-bran-que-cer-vos-ía-mos, with stress on 'cer'. It's composed of the prefix 'em-', root 'branq-', and suffixes '-ecer-vos-íamos'. Syllabification follows standard Portuguese rules, dividing between vowels and consonants, and applying the penultimate stress rule.
Definitions
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We would whiten you (formal plural).
We would whiten you (formal plural).
“Embranquecer-vos-íamos as paredes da casa, se tivéssemos tempo.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the 'cer' syllable, as it is the penultimate syllable in a word ending in a vowel.
Syllables
em — Open syllable, initial syllable.. bran — Closed syllable, nasal vowel.. que — Open syllable, 'qu' digraph.. cer — Closed syllable, stressed syllable.. vos — Closed syllable, pronoun.. iá — Open syllable, stressed vowel with acute accent.. mos — Closed syllable, final syllable.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Consonant Division
Syllables are typically divided between vowels and consonants.
Penultimate Stress Rule
Stress falls on the second-to-last syllable if the word ends in a vowel, 'n', or 's' and doesn't have an acute accent on the last vowel.
Digraph Treatment
'qu' is treated as a single sound and syllable unit.
- The use of the pronoun 'vos' is becoming archaic in Brazilian Portuguese.
- The pronunciation of 's' as /ʃ/ at the end of syllables is common in European Portuguese.
- The hyphenation reflects morphological boundaries but pronunciation flows as a single unit.
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