50 Examples of Words with Hiatus (Explained)

Hiatus

The hiatus It occurs when a word has two consecutive vowels but in different syllables. It is also known as adiphong since the hiatus occurs when the diphthong is broken. For example: tor–to-lla

How is the hiatus formed?

To understand the hiatus, the diphthong and the tripthong, it is necessary to know that the vowels are distinguished in strong or open (a, e, o) and weak or closed (i, u).

There are three ways to form a hiatus:

Other vowel combinations

It can serve you: Diphthong, Hiatus and Tripthong

Examples of hiatus with interleaved h

The presence of the letter ‘h’ between the vowels does not break the hiatus but rather maintains it, according to its condition of ‘mute’ or no sound.

Examples of hiatus with two different strong vowels

Examples of hiatuses with strong + weak vowel accented

Examples of hiatuses with two equal vowels

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