vermelhecerlhesiámos
Syllables
ver-mel-he-cer-lhes-i-á-mos
Pronunciation
/veɾ.mɛl.jɛ.ˈseɾ.lɨʃ.i.ˈa.muʃ/
Stress
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Morphemes
vermelh + ecer-lhes-íamos
The word 'vermelhecer-lhes-íamos' is a future conditional verb form with eight syllables, stressed on 'he'. It's morphologically complex, built from a Latin root and Portuguese suffixes, and syllabified according to standard Portuguese rules.
Definitions
- 1
To redden them, to make them blush, to cause them to turn red.
We would redden them / We would make them blush.
“As suas palavras iriam vermelhhecer-lhes-íamos as faces.”
“Se tivéssemos contado a verdade, vermelhhecer-lhes-íamos as bochechas.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the 'he' syllable (third syllable) due to the base verb's stress pattern.
Syllables
ver — Open syllable, consonant-vowel. mel — Open syllable, consonant-vowel. he — Open syllable, consonant-vowel, stressed. cer — Closed syllable, consonant-vowel-consonant. lhes — Closed syllable, consonant-vowel-consonant. i — Open syllable, vowel. á — Open syllable, vowel, stressed. mos — Closed syllable, consonant-vowel-consonant
Word Parts
Open Syllable Rule
Syllables ending in a vowel are open (CV).
Closed Syllable Rule
Syllables ending in a consonant are closed (CVC, CCV, etc.).
Vowel Rule
A single vowel constitutes a syllable.
Consonant Cluster Rule
Consonant clusters are generally broken after the first consonant, unless they form a digraph or a recognized phonological unit.
- The silent 'h' in 'lhes' does not affect syllabification, but is important for pronunciation.
- The clitic pronoun 'lhes' is treated as a single unit within the syllabification process.
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