esquartelarteíamos
Syllables
es-quar-te-lar-te-í-a-mos
Pronunciation
/es.kwaɾ.te.laɾ.te.ˈi.ɐ.muʃ/
Stress
00010101
Morphemes
es- + quartel- + -ar-te-íamos
The word 'esquartelar-te-íamos' is a complex verb form syllabified as es-quar-te-lar-te-í-a-mos, with stress on 'lar'. It's morphologically composed of a prefix 'es-', root 'quartel-', and suffixes '-ar-te-íamos'. Syllabification follows standard Portuguese rules of vowel-consonant division and diphthong treatment.
Definitions
- 1
To quarter (someone), to dismember.
We would quarter you / We would dismember you.
“Se tivéssemos poder, esquartelar-te-íamos por traição.”
Stress pattern
The primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable 'lar'.
Syllables
es — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure.. quar — Syllable with a diphthong and consonant cluster.. te — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure.. lar — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure, primary stress.. te — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure.. í — Closed syllable, vowel with acute accent (stress).. a — Open syllable, vowel.. mos — Syllable with consonant cluster at the end.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Consonant Division
Syllables are divided between vowels and consonants (e.g., te, lar).
Diphthong Treatment
Diphthongs (like 'qu') are treated as a single unit within a syllable.
Consonant Cluster Permissibility
Portuguese allows certain consonant clusters within syllables (e.g., 'qr', 'mos').
- The enclitic pronoun '-te' is a standard feature of Portuguese verb conjugation and doesn't alter the syllabification rules.
- The 'qr' consonant cluster is permissible in Portuguese and doesn't require special syllabic division.
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