English Dictionary

pausa

noun

(linguistics, phonology) The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence.

I need a pausa from work.

意味（1）

(linguistics, phonology) 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.