Author:
Laura McKinney
Date Of Creation:
10 August 2021
Update Date:
10 May 2024
Content
The hiatus It occurs when the accentuation of a word forces a diphthong or tripthong to be separated into different syllables. For example: rto–íz, dí–to, zor–orlogical.
There is hiatus in the following cases:
- Accentual or accentuated hiatus.A closed vowel (I, U) accented + an open vowel (A, E, O). This generates the following possible combinations: -ía-, -ie-, -ío-, -úa-, -ué-, -úo-. For example: geo-me-trí–to, dú–or. Also the combination can occur with a strong vowel + an accented closed vowel: -aí-, -aú-, -eí-, -eú-, -oí-, -oú-. For example: e-gor–íSaint
- Simple hiatus. Open vowel + open vowel. In this case, the combinations that can be produced are: -ae-, -ao-, -ea-, -eo-, -oa-, -oe-. For example: abs-trto–andr
- Simple hiatus of two equal vowels. Vowel + the same vowel (but none of them are stressed). This can produce the following vowel combinations: -aa-, -ee-, -ii-, -oo-, -uu-. For example: co-o-pe-rar.
The "h" between vowels
When the H is between two vowels, it does not interfere with the hiatus formation. That is, the word will be divided in the same way and the letter H will always remain attached to the second vowel. For example: al-cor–hol.
- More information in: Words with hiatus
Examples of words with hiatus
TWO EQUAL VOWERS
- Creditor (a - crand- e - dor)
- Anti-inflammatory (an - ti – in - fla - ma - to - rio)
- Counter-argue (with - trto – tor - gu - men - tar)
- Counterattack (con - trto – to - ta - what)
- Cooperation (cor- or - pe - ra - tion)
- Co-opt (cor – orp - tar)
- Coordinate (cor – orr - de - na - da)
- Believe (crand – andr)
- Disbelieve (des - crand – andr)
- Provider (pro - vand – and - dor)
- Semi-conscious (se - mi – in - cons - hundred - te)
- Zoology (zor – or - lo - gí - a)
TWO STRONG MEMBERS TOGETHER
- Slap (a - bo - fe - tand – tor)
- Boo (a - bu - chand – tor)
- Happen (a - cto – and - cer)
- Carry (a - ca - rrand – tor)
- Aerial (to – é - rand – or)
- Aerobic (to – and - ro - bio)
- Airplane (to – and - ro - pla - no)
- Village (al - dand – to)
- Villager (al - dand – to - no)
- Alloy (a - land – to - tion)
- Random (a - land – to - to - rio)
- Aletear (a - le - tand – tor)
- Flutter (a - le - tand – or)
- Align (a - li - nand – tor)
- Canoe (ca - nor- to)
- Chaos (cto – ors)
- Cloaca (clor – to - ca)
- Coercion (cor – andr - tion)
- Collapse (con - trto – andr)
- Corroer (co - rror – andr)
- Croatian (cror – to - ta)
- Decaer (from - cto – andr)
- Teacher (mto – ands - tra)
- West (or – ands - te)
- Poem (por – and - ma)
- Poetry (por – and - yes - a)
- Poet (por – and - ta)
- Rodent (ror – and - dor)
WEAK VOCAL ACCENTUATED + STRONG VOCAL ATTONA
- Abbey (a - ba - dí – to)
- Grocery store (a - bar - rro - te - rí – to)
- Advocacy (a - bo - ga - cí – to)
- Agony (a - go - ní – to)
- Agronomy (a - gro - no - mí – to)
- Masonry (al - ba - ñi - le - rí – to)
- Will (al - be - drí – or)
- Mayor's Office (al - cal - dí – to)
- Piggy bank (al - can - cí – to)
- Allegory (a - le - go - rí – to)
- Joy (a - le - grí – to)
- Amnesty (am - nis - tí – to)
- Ammonia (a - mo - ní – to - co)
- Love affair (a - mo - rí – or)
- Anomaly (a - no - ma - lí – to)
- Anthology (an - to - lo - gí – to)
- Apathy (a - pa - tí – to)
- Archeology (ar - that - o - lo - gí – to)
- Photography (photo - to - gra - fí – to)
- Cold (frí – or)
- Crowd (gen - tí – or)
- Crane (grú – to)
- Hastío (has - tí – or)
- Hematie (he - ma - tí – and)
- River (rí – or)
- Rocío (ro - cí – or)
- Rué (rú – and)
- Empty (va - cí – or)
STRONG VOCAL + CLOSED VOCAL
- Abstracted (abs - trto – í - c)
- Arcaism (ar - cto – íSaint)
- Assemblyman (a - sam - bland – ís - ta)
- Coffin (a - tto – úd)
- Atheism (a - tand – íSaint)
- Attractable (a - trto – í - ble)
- I fell (cto – í)
- Fallen (cto – í - c)
- Ignore (des - or – ír)
- Selfish (e - gor – ís - ta)
- Cocky (in - grand – í - c)
- Fry (frand – ír)
- Heroism (he - ror – íSaint)
- Incredible (in - crand – í - ble)
- Incredibly (in - crand – í - ble - men - te)
- Judaism (ju - dto – íSaint)
- Lute (lto – úd)
- Noumenon (nor – ú - me - no)
- Hear (or – ír)
- Country (pto – ís)
- Parachute (para - ra - cto – í - you give)
- Paradise (pa - rto – í - so)
- Paseíllo (pa - sand – í - llo)
- Polytheism (po - li - tand – íSaint)
- Protein (pro - tand – í - na)
- Root (rto – íz)
- Relapse (re - cto – í - gives)
HIATO WITH H INTERMEDIATE
- Alcohol (al - cor – hol)
- Pillow (al - mor – he has - gives)
- Unhygienic (an - ti – hi - gié - ni - co)
- Bay (bto – hi - to)
- Carrot (za - nto – ho - ria)
Follow with:
- Sentences with hiatus
- Diphthong, tripthong and hiatus
- Diphthong and hiatus