noun🔗ShareSílabaA unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables."The word "happy" has two syllables: "hap" and "py." "La palabra "happy" tiene dos sílabas: "hap" y "py".languagelinguisticsphoneticswordsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSílabasThe written representation of a given pronounced syllable."The syllable "cat" is a representation of the sound we make when saying the word. "La sílaba "cat" es una representación del sonido que hacemos al decir la palabra.languagephoneticsgrammarlinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSílabaA small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle."The word "banana" has two syllables. "La palabra "banana" tiene dos sílabas.languagephoneticswordlinguisticsgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSilabearTo utter in syllables."The teacher asked the student to syllable the difficult word so the class could understand its pronunciation. "El profesor le pidió al estudiante que silabeara la palabra difícil para que la clase pudiera entender su pronunciación.languagephoneticslinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading