encarcerarlhesiámos
Syllables
en-car-ce-rar-lhes-iá-mos
Pronunciation
/ẽ.kɐ.ɾ.se.ˈɾaɾ.lɛʃ.ˈi.ɐ.muʃ/
Stress
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Morphemes
encarcer + ar-lhes-íamos
The word 'encarcerar-lhes-íamos' is a Portuguese verb in the conditional perfect tense, meaning 'we would imprison them'. It's syllabified as en-car-ce-rar-lhes-iá-mos, with stress on 'car'. The syllabification follows standard Portuguese rules based on vowel-consonant sequences and stress patterns.
Definitions
- 1
We would imprison them.
We would imprison them.
“Se tivéssemos provas suficientes, encarcerar-lhes-íamos imediatamente.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the root ('car'), following the penultimate stress rule.
Syllables
en — Open syllable, nasal vowel. car — Closed syllable, stressed. ce — Open syllable. rar — Closed syllable. lhes — Closed syllable. iá — Open syllable. mos — Closed syllable
Word Parts
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Vowel followed by Consonant
Syllables are divided after a vowel when followed by a consonant.
Consonant Cluster
Syllables are divided within consonant clusters when pronounceable as separate sounds.
Penultimate Stress Rule
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable if the last syllable contains only one vowel.
- Enclitic pronoun 'lhes' treated as a separate syllable.
- Conditional ending '-íamos' consistently forms a separate syllable.
- Nasal vowel /ẽ/ in the first syllable.
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