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tremelicar-lhes-íamos

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7 syllables
21 characters
Portuguese
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7syllables

tremelicarlhesíamos

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

tre-me-li-car-lhes-ía-mos

Pronunciation

/tɾe.me.li.ˈkaɾ.ʎɛʃ.ˈi.ɐ.muʃ/

Stress

0001010

Morphemes

tremelicar + lhes-íamos

The word 'tremelicar-lhes-íamos' is a conjugated verb form in Portuguese. Syllabification follows vowel-based rules, maintaining consonant clusters and treating the enclitic pronoun 'lhes' as a separate syllable. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the root verb 'tremelicar'. The word's morphemic structure includes a verb stem and pronoun/inflectional suffixes.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To tremble, shimmer, or flicker (in an imperfect subjunctive context)

    We would tremble/shimmer/flicker

    As luzes tremelicavam-lhes-íamos nos olhos.

    Se estivéssemos com medo, tremelicar-lhes-íamos a voz.

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the root verb 'car' in 'tremelicar'.

Syllables

7
tre/tɾe/
me/me/
li/li/
car/kaɾ/
lhes/ʎɛʃ/
/i.ɐ/
mos/muʃ/

tre Open syllable, initial consonant cluster.. me Open syllable.. li Open syllable.. car Closed syllable, stressed.. lhes Closed syllable, containing the 'lh' digraph.. Open syllable.. mos Closed syllable.

Vowel Rule

Each vowel generally forms a syllable.

Consonant Cluster Rule

Consonant clusters are maintained within a syllable unless unpronounceable.

Penultimate Stress Rule

Words ending in vowels, 'm', 'n', or 's' are generally stressed on the penultimate syllable.

Enclitic Pronoun Rule

Enclitic pronouns are treated as separate syllables attached to the verb.

  • The 'lh' digraph requires specific pronunciation.
  • The imperfect subjunctive ending *-íamos* is a common inflectional pattern.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/9/2025

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