hiato

Italian

Noun

hiato m (plural hiati)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of iato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hiˈaː.toː/, [hiˈäːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈa.to/, [iˈäːt̪o]

Verb

hiātō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of hiō

References

• hiato in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• hiato in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hiatus

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”), from hiō (“to stand open, to yawn”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈa.tu/ [ɪˈa.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈa.tu/ [ɪˈa.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈa.to/ [ɪˈa.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈa.tu/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈja.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: hi‧a‧to

Noun

hiato m (plural hiatos)

1. (linguistics, phonology) hiatus (syllable break between two vowels)

   A própria palavra "hiato" (hi-a-to) contém um hiato, pois as vogais "i" e "a" aparecem em sílabas diferentes.

   The word "hiato" (hi-a-to) itself contains a hiatus because the vowels "i" and "a" appear in different syllables.

2. (anatomy) hiatus (opening in an organ)

   Synonyms: orifício, cavidade

3. interruption; pause

   Synonyms: lapso, interrupção, lacuna, pausa, intervalo

Coordinate terms

• (syllable break between vowels): ditongo, tritongo

Derived terms

• hiato esofagiano

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝato/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝato/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjato/ [ˈja.t̪o]

• • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: hia‧to
• IPA^(key): /iˈato/ [iˈa.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato

Noun

hiato m (plural hiatos)

1. hiatus (a syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant)
2. gap, separation
3. interruption
4. (rare) crevice

   Synonyms: abertura, grieta

Derived terms

• hernia de hiato
• hiatal

 

Further reading

• “hiato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28