infertilizarlhesemos
Syllables
in-fer-ti-li-zar-lhes-e-mos
Pronunciation
/ĩfeɾ.ti.li.ˈzaɾ.ʎes.ˈe.muʃ/
Stress
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Morphemes
in- + fertil- + -izar-lhes-emos
The word 'infertilizar-lhes-emos' is a future subjunctive verb form meaning 'to sterilize them'. It's syllabified as in-fer-ti-li-zar-lhes-e-mos, with stress on 'zar'. The word's structure includes a prefix, root, suffixes, and a clitic pronoun, following standard Portuguese syllabification rules.
Definitions
- 1
To sterilize them; to render them infertile.
To sterilize them / To make them infertile
“Esperamos que o médico os infertilizar-lhes-emos se eles não quiserem mais filhos.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the verb stem, 'zar'.
Syllables
in — Open syllable, initial syllable.. fer — Closed syllable.. ti — Open syllable.. li — Open syllable.. zar — Closed, stressed syllable.. lhes — Closed syllable, clitic pronoun.. e — Open syllable.. mos — Closed syllable, final syllable.
Word Parts
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Open/Closed Syllables
Syllables are classified as open (ending in a vowel) or closed (ending in a consonant).
- The 'lh' digraph represents a single phoneme /ʎ/ and must be treated as such in syllabification.
- The clitic pronoun 'lhes' is treated as a separate syllable but is prosodically linked to the verb.
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