empobrecervosíamos
Syllables
em-po-bre-cer-vos-ía-mos
Pronunciation
/ẽ.pu.bɾe.ˈseɾ.vus.ˈi.ɐ.mus/
Stress
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Morphemes
em- + pobre- + -cer-vos-ía-mos
The word 'empobrecer-vos-íamos' is a complex verb form syllabified as em-po-bre-cer-vos-ía-mos, with stress on 'cer'. It's composed of a prefix, root, and multiple suffixes, following standard Portuguese syllabification rules based on vowel/consonant endings and stress placement.
Definitions
- 1
To impoverish, to make poor.
To impoverish
“A crise econômica empobreceu muitas famílias.”
“The economic crisis impoverished many families.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('cer').
Syllables
em — Open syllable, nasal vowel.. po — Open syllable.. bre — Open syllable.. cer — Closed, stressed syllable.. vos — Closed syllable, enclitic pronoun.. ía — Open syllable, conditional ending.. mos — Closed syllable, first-person plural ending.
Word Parts
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Vowel Rule
Syllables ending in a vowel are generally open.
Consonant Rule
Syllables ending in a consonant are closed.
Stress Rule
Stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable in this verb form.
- Enclitic pronoun 'vos' creates a complex syllable structure.
- Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables.
- Nasalization of vowels.
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