DIVISION OF WORDS INTO SYLLABLES

After the first syllable each succeeding one commences with a
consonant, as a-for-tu-na-da-men-te (fortunately), except when a
prefix occurs before a primitive word,[6] as Organizar (to organise).

[Footnote 6: A few minor exceptions will be learnt by practice.]

Des-or-ga-ni-zar (to disorganise).

When two consonants occur together one letter belongs to one syllable
and the other to the next, as--

Ac-ci-den-te (accident) Pe-ren-ne (perennial) Tem-po-ral-men-te
(temporarily) In-me-dia-to (immediate)

EXCEPTION--bl, br, pl, pr, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr and tr are not
divided, as--

A-blan-dar (to soften)
Li-bro (book)
A-pla-zar (to postpone)
A-pre-ciar (to appreciate)
De-cla-mar (to declaim)
De-cre-tar (to decree)
A-me-dren-tar (to frighten)
Con-fla-gra-ción (conflagration)
Re-fren-dar (to countersign)
A-glo-me-rar (to agglomerate)
A-gran-dar (to enlarge)
En-con-trar (to meet)

If any of these combinations occur together with a third consonant, this
of course will belong to the previous syllable, as

Em-bro-llar (to entangle).

If four consonants come together, two belong to the first syllable and
two to the next, as Obs-tru-ir (to obstruct).

Ll and Rr, being treated as single letters, must not be divided,
as--

Ba-lle-na (whale)
Una ca-lle (a street)
A-lla-nar (to level)
Tie-rra (earth)