words sobreesdrújulas

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2022

We explain what the words on esdrújulas are, how they are formed and when they have an accent. Also, various examples.

Words sobreesdrújulas are usually formed with suffixes.

What are the words sobreesdrújulas?

As in other languages, the words of the Spanish language are divided into syllables. Each syllable represents a sound specific composed of one or more vowels and one or more consonants. For example, the word “coldly” is made up of “frí-”, “a-”, “men-” and “-te”.

Words are classified according to the location of their stressed syllable, that is, that one has greater emphasis or sound power than the others. Continuing with our example, the tonic syllable of “coldly” is “-frí” (the accent makes it easier for us to recognize it). Thus, the words are classified into:

Thus, in the case that interests us, “coldly” the stressed syllable is found before the penultimate syllable, so that it is an overdrug or overdrug word, technically known as superproparoxytone words.

The sobreesdrújulas words are little common, in comparison with the bass and treble, that form almost the majority of the words of our language. Perhaps because only words with more than three syllables can be sobreesdrújulas, and generally carry an accent in their stressed syllable, regardless of their ending.

How are words sobreesdrújulas formed?

The sobreesdrújulas words tend to be particularly long (four syllables or more). That is why they usually come from various word formation processes, such as lexical composition or derivation by suffixes.

Thus, it is common to find words with several enclitic pronouns among the overdrug: “-se”, “-nos”, “-la”, etc., which are located at the end of the word. For example:

  • "Bring it to us" (Trai-ga-us–the), a verb with two pronouns.
  • "Let's say it" (Di-gá-mo-I know–it), a verb with two pronouns.
  • "Only" (ú-ni-ca-mind), a adjective with an adverbial suffix.
  • "Rigidly" (rí-gi-da-mind), an adjective with an adverbial suffix.

When do the words sobreesdrújulas have an accent?

Adverbs ending in "mind" only have an accent if the stem had it.

In principle, the words sobreesdrújulas, like the esdrújulas, are always accented in Spanish, regardless of their ending. This is true for most words of this type, but has some exceptions in superesdrugal words formed by the suffix -mind.

In this case, the accent will be put to the words whose root (usually an adjective) has it, and those whose root does not have them either. As follows:

  • "Quickly" (rá-pi-da-men-te) is accentuated because "quickly" too.
  • "Agile" (á-gil-ment-te) is accentuated because "agile" also.

But:

  • "Effectively" (e-fec-ti-va-ment-te) is not accentuated because "effective" is not either.
  • "Surprisingly" (surprise-if-you-go-mind-you) is not accentuated because it is not surprising either.

Examples of sobreesdrújulas words

Here is a list of overdrive words of different origin:

  • "Prevent it" (im-p-give-se-lo)
  • "Chameleonically" (ca-ma-leó-ni-ca-men-te)
  • "Quickly" (rá-pi-da-men-te)
  • "Give them back" (de-vuél-ve-se-las)
  • "Warmly" (ca-li-da-men-te)
  • "Win her over" (gá-na-me-la)
  • "Remind me" (re-remember-give-me-it)
  • "Emotionally" (a-ní-mi-ca-ment-te)
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