What are SOBRESDRÚJULAS words and examples

Sobresdrújula words are those with more than 3 syllables. and they are always accentuated. For example: remind me, eat it... In a Teacher we tell you.

The smallest unit of the language are the phonemes, that is, each of the sounds that we articulate when speaking. However, these phonemes are grouped into slightly larger groups within words: the syllables. The syllables are the voice strokes of which the words are composed (ga-lle-ta) and can be stressed or unstressed.

In this lesson from a PROFESSOR, we want to explain what are sobresdrújula words, those that have the tonic syllable in the penultimate position. Join us to find out!

Index

1. What are sobreesdrújula words: definition
2. Examples of sobreesdrújula words
3. Examples of sentences with sobreesdrújula words
4. When the sobresdrújula words are accented
5. What is the origin of the sobreesdrújula words?

The sobresdrújulas words are words with

As in many other languages, in Spanish, the words are divided into syllables. Each of these voice hits is made up of one or more vowels and none, one or more consonants.

For example: quickly

Remember that words are classified taking into account the location of the tonic syllable, that is, the one that sounds louder than the others. In the example above you can see that the tonic syllable is RÁ- because in addition to carrying an accent, it sounds with more emphasis than the others.

Taking into account what we have just explained, the words they can be classified into:

• Sharp words: The tonic syllable is the last
• Plain wordseither serious: The tonic syllable is the penultimate
• squishy words: The tonic syllable is the penultimate
• sobreesdrújula words: The tonic syllable is the one before the antepenultimate, that is, counting 4 from the end of the word.

Here we help you recognize the sobresdrújulas.

let's get you some examples of sobreesdrújula words so you can see how this concept works put into practice. Although they are not very common words, surely you have heard them at some time and, if not, you can look them up in the dictionary to find out their meaning:

1. making sure of it
2. punish him
3. drinking it
4. logically
5. uselessly
6. tell him
7. buy me
8. turn it off
9. correct me
10. throwing them at them
11. pick me up
12. think about it
13. find out
14. romantically
15. writing them down
16. tell me
17. accommodating it
18. sarcastically
19. humming it
20. bumping into it
21. writing it to him
22. coldly
23. practically
24. put me together
25. show me
26. open it for me
27. sign it
28. drink it
29. chemically
30. spontaneously
31. suddenly
32. erasing it
33. bumping into it
34. give it back
35. believe it
36. peaceably
37. composing it
38. prepare it
39. manifest it to him
40. correct them
41. simultaneously
42. warmly
43. tell me
44. drink it
45. reproach it
46. correct me
47. allow it
48. recording it
49. continually
50. show them
51. repeat it to yourself
52. play them
53. technically
54. meekly
55. giving it to him
56. owing it
57. assigning it
58. throw it on
59. nimbly
60. unexpectedly
61. satirically
62. giving them
63. eat it
64. give it to him
65. consigning it to him
66. passing them on
67. tell him
68. stirring it up
69. endorse it
70. win her over
71. play it
72. stretch it out
73. take it away
74. democratically
75. study it
76. hand them over
77. bring it to me
78. making it up
79. making sure
80. sporadically
81. draw it for me
82. specifically
83. correct them
84. taking them off
85. breaking it
86. easily
87. comfortably
88. sell it to him
89. erasing it
90. correct me
91. ethically
92. give it back to me
93. swallow it

So that you can understand this concept a little better, we are going to give you some Sentences containing sobreesdrújula words. We have marked them in bold, to make it easier for you to identify them.

• The dog doesn't have to be here, take it away sooner.
• The boy solved the equation easily.
• think about it and then you answer me.
• I do not get it; explain it to me again please.
• The hosts welcomed us warmly.
• I think she is talking sarcastically.
• If I forget to buy lettuce, remind me.
• The player moves skillfully down the track
• The young man feels bad physically, but well emotionally.
• The mother told them strongly to stop fighting.
• If you don't understand, try telling him else.
• The message is for me read it to me aloud.
• If you don't agree, do it to him know.
• solve your problems peaceably.
• The girl replied shyly to the teacher's question.
• When you no longer want your car, sell it to your neighbor.
• Quickly we got in the car.

Basically, sobreesdrújula words, like esdrújulas, they always accentuate, without having to look at the termination. In the majority of words that you find, this rule will be fulfilled; however, there are some exceptions which are the ones that add excitement to this lesson. We talk about all words ending with the suffix -MENTE.

In this case, we must graphically accentuate only those words whose root takes tilde. Usually, the words that we will find that exercise the root function are adjectives and the sobreesdrújula ending in -MENTE should not be accented if the main adjective does not have an accent.

For example:

• Quickly (rá-pi-da-min-te). This sobreesdrújula word is accentuated because the RAPID root has tilde.
• Slowly (slow-ly). This word is not accented, because the SLOW root does not have an accent.

Sobreesdrújulas are exceptional words in Spanish and we use them very little in writing. This is because they are verbs with pronouns added to the end of the word. These are the pronouns known as enclitics and they are ME, TE, SE, NOS, OS, LO, LA, LOS, LAS. These particles are added to verbs, which can be in the gerund or imperative.

Sobreesdrújulas formed by a gerund + pronoun

are added to it pronouns at the end of the word of a gerund verb, such as singing, shouting, eating, jumping, etc.

For example:

• is all the time reminding me.
• The clerk was selling it to you And I didn't want to interrupt.
• About the gift, I saw that you were buying it.
• The day has passed repeating it all the time!
• About the songs, yesterday we were singing them in the afternoon.

Sobreesdrújulas formed by an imperative + pronoun

In this case, the pronouns are added to the end of a verb in the imperative, how he sings, sleeps, runs, lives, jumps, etc.

For example:

• let me talk for a moment about nature.
• ¡Swear to me either deny me!
• sell it to him at once, that you are wanting to buy.
• remind me later, now I'm busy.
• Those boxes on the floor take them off from there please.

Now you know what are sobresdrújula words and you've seen some examples. If you want to continue learning more about syllables and the skeleton on which the Spanish language is based, do not hesitate to consult our grammar and linguistics section, where we will give you all the advice you need to get the best grade in your language subject Spanish.

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