pausa

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pausa

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From Latin pausa (“break”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis). Doublet of pause.

noun

uncountable The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence. The rule is that in the pausa a word must never end on a short vowel, but it may do so in the context.

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noun The hiatus between prosodic units

العربية	وَقْف waqf

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"pausa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pausa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pausa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pausa

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"pausa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pausa.

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@misc{pausa_2026,
  title = {pausa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pausa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}