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Al escribir frases y oraciones fonéticamente, es importante determinar la silabificación en español. La forma en que los sonidos se dividen en sílabas es extremadamente importante para determinar los fonemas, especialmente porque muchos sonidos y palabras corren juntos. Esta página web de SpanishDict ayuda a aclarar cómo dividir las sílabas en español y da reglas generales sobre la silabificación.

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These rules are all used to separate syllables and decide how to stress. Notice that sometimes some words are pronounced differently in some regions, but these rules apply nevertheless.

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

A diphthong is a single syllable having two vowels. It must be an unstressed closed vowel (i, u) and an open vowel (a, e, o), or two closed vowels. The possible combinations are ai, ei, oi, au, eu, ou, ia, ie, io, ua, ue, uo, iu and ui. There is always more stress on the open vowel, or if there are two closed ones, the second one. Diphthongs with two closed vowels are often pronounced separately, but orthographically they are considered as one syllable. A h between vowels doesn't make any difference.

Two open vowels (e.g. ae, oa) are always two syllables (hiatus). The same happens with an open vowel and a stressed closed one (e.g. ía, eí), but here the closed vowel must have an accent. A h between vowels doesn't make any difference.

A triphthong is a syllable with three vowels, and the middle one must be always an open one (a, e, o), and the closed ones (i, u) must be unstressed (otherwise, it will be a vowel plus a diphthong). A h between vowels doesn't make any difference.

The u in the digraph qu or the digraph gu before -e or -i are not regarded as vowels. If you want the u to be pronounced with g and before -e or -i, you must use the diaeresis: güe.

The letter h is completely ignored when determining syllables, so remove it temporarily before counting - it will be easier. The x is treated exactly as ks.

GENERAL RULES

1) The digraphs ch, ll, rr, qu and gu (before e and i) form a single syllable. However, the rr is split if it is clear from its etymology, as in inter-relacionado.

2) A consonant between vowels belongs to the same syllable as the second vowel, and never the first (e.g. a-ma, o-ro)

3) Certain consonants (b, c, d, f, g, k, p, t) followed by r or l always go together (e.g. tra-ba-jo, a-pli-car). The exceptions to this rule are words with prefixes, such as At-lán-ti-co, sub-li-mi-nal, which are also pronounced separately. Also, the sequences tl and dl are separated or not depending on the country, but they are generally split.

4) Any other two consecutive consonants not mentioned so far, will belong to two different syllables (e.g. ac-ción), unless they are at the beginning of a word (e.g. psi-có-lo-go)

5) When three consonants appear together, the last one will belong to a different syllable, unless it is an r or an s (e.g. ins-truir).
HYPHENATION
1) Never split a syllable at the end of a line.

2) It is advisable never to hyphenate between two consecutive vowels.

3) It is advisable not to to leave a single vowel alone (after hyphenation).

4) Words with prefixes and suffixes are normally separated from the word, if the rest of the word has a meaning of its own (e.g. sub - terráneo).

5) Use common sense to avoid ugly combinations, like cál-culo (2nd part means "ass").

6) Foreign words are divided according to their native rules, and if these are unknown, do not hyphenate.

Notice that the digraph rr becomes r after hyphenation (e.g. arropar: a-ropar)

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Syllables : how to divide a word in Spanish (by Lazarus)

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These rules are all used to separate syllables and decide how to stress. Notice that sometimes some words are pronounced differently in some regions, but these rules apply nevertheless. A diphthong is a single syllable having two vowels. It must be an unstressed closed vowel (i, u) and an open vowel (a, e, o), or two closed vowels.

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Otro elemento importante que decidí incluir en este capítulo fue la acentuación. Hay cuatro tipos principales de acentos utilizados en español y las reglas a seguir para identificar cada tipo y determinar si o no la palabra en cuestión necesita un acento ortográfico. Este gráfico ayuda a distinguir cada tipo y proporciona las reglas para marcar acentos.

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Un elemento importante en este capítulo es la clasificación de los sonidos y cómo se producen físicamente. Para categorizar un sonido debemos conocer su punto de articulación, su modo de articulación y si es un sonoro o un sordo. Tengo problemas para reconocer de dónde viene un sonido consonántico y visualizarlo, así que pensé que esta representación visual de puntos de articulación sería útil en el estudio de sonidos consonánticos y sus fuentes.

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Este capítulo discute el alfabeto fonético internacional (AFI), los fonemas y los alófonos que incluye. Encontré esta tabla que incluye los símbolos de consonantes, vocales, diptongos y otros materiales útiles discutidos en este capítulo. Pensé que sería útil usar esta tabla como una guía o material suplementario además de nuestras notas de clase.