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resfolegar-lhes-íamos

Complete linguistic analysis including syllable division, pronunciation, morphology, and definitions.

8 syllables
21 characters
Portuguese
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8syllables

resfolegarlhesiamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

res-fo-le-gar-lhes-i-a-mos

Pronunciation

/ʁes.fu.le.ˈɡaɾ.ʎes.i.ˈa.muʃ/

Stress

00010111

Morphemes

re- + sfolegar + -lhes-íamos

The word 'resfolegar-lhes-íamos' is a complex verb form syllabified according to Portuguese rules, primarily based on vowel-vowel separation and consonant cluster breaks. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the verb stem. It consists of a prefix 're-', root 'sfolegar', and suffixes '-lhes' and '-íamos'.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    We would be panting to them / We would breathe heavily for them.

    We would be panting to them / We would breathe heavily for them.

    Se estivéssemos correndo, resfolegar-lhes-íamos a nossa exaustão.

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the verb stem ('gar'), indicated by '1'. All other syllables are unstressed ('0').

Syllables

8
res/ʁes/
fo/fu/
le/le/
gar/ɡaɾ/
lhes/ʎes/
i/i/
a/a/
mos/muʃ/

res Closed syllable, initial syllable.. fo Open syllable.. le Open syllable.. gar Closed syllable.. lhes Open syllable, contains a digraph.. i Open syllable, single vowel.. a Open syllable, single vowel.. mos Closed syllable, final syllable.

Vowel-Vowel Separation

When two vowels appear consecutively, they are typically separated into different syllables.

Consonant Cluster Break

Consonant clusters are generally broken after the first consonant.

Open Syllable

Syllables ending in a vowel are considered open syllables.

  • The 'lh' digraph represents a single phoneme /ʎ/ and is treated as a unit in syllabification.
  • Regional variations in the pronunciation of /ʁ/ do not affect the syllabification process.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/9/2025

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