noun🔗ShareSílabasA 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 "banana" has three syllables. "La palabra "banana" tiene tres sílabas.languagephoneticslinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSílabasThe written representation of a given pronounced syllable."Here are the syllables in the word "computer": com-pu-ter. "languagegrammarphoneticslinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSílabasA small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle."The teacher asked us to count the syllables in each word. "El profesor nos pidió que contáramos las sílabas de cada palabra.languagephoneticslinguisticsgrammarwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSilabearTo utter in syllables."The teacher asked the student to syllables each word slowly so the class could hear the separate sounds within it. "El profesor le pidió al alumno que silabeara cada palabra lentamente para que la clase pudiera escuchar los sonidos separados que contenía.languagecommunicationlinguisticswordphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
