This is the 12527th most frequent Portuguese word.
sílabas
The Portuguese word "sílabas" means "syllables" in English.
Here, 'sílabas' is used to describe the structural units of a word in terms of pronunciation.
A palavra 'educação' possui cinco sílabas.
The word 'education' has five syllables.
In this case, 'sílabas' refers to the metrical units used in poetry to establish rhythm.
Na poesia, as sílabas métricas são importantes para o ritmo.
In poetry, metric syllables are important for the rhythm.
Here, 'sílabas' is highlighted in the context of teaching word segmentation and pronunciation.