syllable in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for syllable in the English»Spanish Dictionary

syllable [Am ˈsɪləb(ə)l, Brit ˈsɪləb(ə)l] N

syllable

sílaba f

I explained it to him in words of one syllable

se lo expliqué en forma más que clara

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unaccented syllable

átono

unaccented syllable

inacentuado

Translations for syllable in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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cuatrisílabo (cuatrisílaba)

four-syllable attr

sílaba

syllable

monosilábico (monosilábica)

one-syllable attr

monosilábico (monosilábica)

single-syllable attr

dodecasílabo (dodecasílaba)

twelve-syllable attr

bisílabo (bisílaba)

two-syllable attr

trisílabo (trisílaba)

three-syllable attr

trisílabo

three-syllable word

silabear

to pronounce … syllable by syllable

syllable in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for syllable in the English»Spanish Dictionary

syllable [ˈsɪləbl] N

syllable

sílaba f

stressed/unstressed syllable

sílaba tónica/átona

not a syllable fig

ni media palabra

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sílaba

syllable

sílaba aguda

stressed syllable

de dos sílabas

two-syllable

bisílabo (-a)

two-syllable

esdrújulo (-a)

with the accent falling on the third-last syllable: e.g., ‘esdrújulo’, ‘número’

agudo (-a)

stressed on the last syllable

palabra grave

word whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable

el acento cae en la primera sílaba

the stress falls on the first syllable

syllable Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

stressed/unstressed syllable

sílaba tónica/átona

not a syllable fig

ni media palabra

the stress falls on the first syllable

el acento cae en la primera sílaba

word whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable

palabra grave

with the accent falling on the third-last syllable: e.g., ‘esdrújulo’, ‘número’

esdrújulo (-a)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Syllables are determined by the presence or absence of vowels and semi-vowels.

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The name is ten letters long and contains three syllables.

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For example, letters are the matter of syllables.

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Archetypal enka singers employ a style of melismawhere a single syllable of text is sung while moving between several different notes in successionknown as "kobushi".

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It can be put on the vowel in the stressed syllable of the emphasized word.

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Although some initial-final combinations have some syllables using each of the five different tones, most do not.

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This made it possible for short vowels to appear in open syllables once again.

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However, in different forms of a word, a syllable may alternate between checked and free depending on the syllable that follows.

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In many varieties, an at the end of a syllable is vocalised.

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Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

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