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November 27
Does Spanish have any words where falling diphthongs occur before consonants, such as in made-up words loyto, peyre, sayl and muyche? I know no such words. --40bus (talk) 21:05, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I know very little Spanish, but how about "aire", as in "Buenos Aires"? AnonMoos (talk) 13:09, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Seis, amáis, aceite, peina, reina, vaina, deuda? It doesn't seem particularly rare, although they wouldn't typically be spelled with y. 71.126.57.88 (talk) 20:04, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm not really familar with falling diphtongs, but in Spanish the distinction between i and y is orthographic, rather than phonemic. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 18:53, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]