susto

English

Noun

susto (uncountable)

1. An illness in Latin American cultures, a condition of fear and chronic somatic suffering stemming from one's own or others' emotional trauma.

Anagrams

• SOTUs, Sutos, ousts

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Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from sustar, from Latin substāre, or less likely from surrectus. Compare Spanish susto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsus.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsus.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsus.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃ.tu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ustu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃtu
• Hyphenation: sus‧to

Noun

susto m (plural sustos)

1. fright, scare
2. fear, terror

Related terms

• assustar
• sustar

Verb

susto

1. first-person singular present indicative of sustar

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Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Several theories exist. Possibly an expressive creation, or from a verb *sustar, from Latin suscitāre (though this is unlikely), or perhaps from substāre. Compare Portuguese susto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsusto/ [ˈsus.t̪o]

Noun

susto m (plural sustos)

1. fright

Derived terms

• asustar
• no ganar para sustos

Further reading

• “susto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014