putrificarlhesíamos
Syllables
put-ri-fi-car-lhes-ía-mos
Pronunciation
/pu.tɾi.fiˈkaɾ.lɛʃ.i.ɐ.muʃ/
Stress
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Morphemes
putri- + fic-ar-lhes-ía-mos
The word 'putrificar-lhes-íamos' is a complex verb form syllabified into seven syllables: put-ri-fi-car-lhes-ía-mos. The stress falls on the 'fi' syllable. It's composed of the root 'putri-' (from Latin *putridus*), suffixes '-fic-', '-ar', '-lhes', '-ía', and '-mos'. Syllabification follows standard Portuguese rules of vowel-consonant division and open/closed syllable identification.
Definitions
- 1
We would rot/decompose them.
We would rot them
“Se não os tratássemos, putrificar-lhes-íamos as frutas.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('fi'), which is the penultimate syllable of the root 'putrefic-'.
Syllables
put — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. ri — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. fi — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant, primary stress.. car — Closed syllable, consonant cluster followed by vowel.. lhes — Closed syllable, consonant cluster followed by vowel.. iá — Open syllable, vowel followed by vowel.. mos — Closed syllable, consonant cluster followed by vowel.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Consonant
Syllables are divided after each vowel when followed by a consonant.
Consonant Cluster
Consonant clusters are generally kept together within a syllable, unless they can be broken by a vowel.
Open Syllable
Syllables ending in a vowel are considered open syllables.
Closed Syllable
Syllables ending in a consonant are considered closed syllables.
- The clitic pronoun 'lhes' is treated as a single syllable. The palatalization of 's' to /ʃ/ before vowels in some dialects doesn't affect syllabification. The contraction 'iá' is a standard morphological process.
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