What is the hiatus
The hiatus is meeting of 2 vowels that are pronounced in different syllables. The term hiatus is of Latin origin hiatus which means “opening” or “separation.”
In grammar, it is important to highlight that the strong or open vowels are A, E, O and, the weak or closed vowels are I and U.
By virtue of the above, the hiatus can be:
simple hiatus It occurs with the union of 2 strong vowels or 2 weak vowels, for example: mu-se-o, po-e-ma, among others.
accentual hiatus It is observed with the union of a weak tonic vowel with a strong unstressed vowel or vice versa, as long as the weak vowel carries the tonic accent such as: son-rí-e, ca-í-da, fi-lo-so-fí- a, etc.
It should be noted that the letter “H” between 2 vowels does not prevent the hiatus from forming, for example: bú-ho.
As for poetry, The hiatus in relation to the meter of the poem is known as sinalefait consists of pronouncing in a united way the last vowel of a word and the first vowel of the following word, achieving a verse with a shorter length but lengthening its meter, an example of the allusive is: “It started to EEurope.”
The term hiatus can be present in various contexts. In geology, hiatus corresponds to geological period during which no sedimentation occurs, causing a stratigraphic lagoon.
For its part, in the area of anatomy, it is the space or cavity that exists between some formation of the human bodyFor example: the aortic hiatus is in front of the T12 vertebra, allowing the aorta to pass through with the azygos vein on the right and the thoracic duct in the middle.
Likewise, the term hiatus is interruption in space or timefor example: there was a hiatus in my studies.
Hiatus and diphthong
The hiatus It is when a separation occurs between syllables that end and begin successively with vowels in the cases mentioned above. At the same time, the diphthong It is a set of 2 vowels, one strong and one weak, or 2 weak that are pronounced in a single syllable such as: pai-sa-je, cau-sa, nie-ve, among others.
You can also see Tonic syllable