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extrapolar-lhes-íamos

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8 syllables
21 characters
Portuguese
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8syllables

extrapolarlhesiamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

ex-tra-po-lar-lhes-i-a-mos

Pronunciation

/ɛʃ.tɾɐ.pu.ˈlaɾ.ʎɛʃ.ˈi.ɐ.muʃ/

Stress

00100000

Morphemes

ex- + trapolar + lhes-íamos

The word 'extrapolar-lhes-íamos' is a complex verb form syllabified into eight syllables (ex-tra-po-lar-lhes-i-a-mos) with primary stress on the 'po' syllable. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'ex-', the root 'trapolar', and the suffixes '-lhes' and '-íamos'. Syllabification follows standard Portuguese rules of vowel grouping, consonant clusters, and stress placement.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To extrapolate; to infer from known data.

    To extrapolate

    Nós extrapolávamos os resultados com base nos dados disponíveis.

    They were extrapolating the results based on the available data.

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('po'), following the rule of penultimate stress in words ending in vowels.

Syllables

8
ex/ɛʃ/
tra/tɾɐ/
po/pu/
lar/ˈlaɾ/
lhes/ʎɛʃ/
i/i/
a/ɐ/
mos/muʃ/

ex Closed syllable, onset 'ɛʃ'. tra Closed syllable, onset 'tɾ', nucleus 'ɐ'. po Closed syllable, stressed, onset 'p', nucleus 'u'. lar Closed syllable, onset 'l', nucleus 'a'. lhes Closed syllable, onset 'ʎ', nucleus 'ɛ'. i Open syllable, nucleus 'i'. a Open syllable, nucleus 'ɐ'. mos Closed syllable, onset 'm', nucleus 'u'

Vowel Grouping

Vowels within a word generally form separate syllables.

Consonant Cluster

Consonant clusters are broken according to sonority.

Closed Syllables

Syllables ending in a consonant are considered closed.

Stress Placement

Penultimate syllable stress in words ending in vowels or 's'.

  • The clitic pronoun 'lhes' is treated as a separate syllable.
  • Palatalization of /l/ to /ʎ/ before /e/ in 'lhes' is a common phonetic variation.
  • Potential vowel reduction in unstressed syllables in Brazilian Portuguese.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/8/2025

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