suspenso

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin suspēnsus (“suspended, anxious”), perfect passive participle of suspendō (“to hang up or suspend”), from sub- + pendō (“to suspend, hang”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /susˈpenso/
• Rhymes: -enso
• Syllabification: sus‧pen‧so

Noun

suspenso (uncountable, accusative suspenson)

1. suspense (unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension)

Latin

Participle

suspēnsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of suspēnsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspēnsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /susˈpẽ.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /susˈpẽ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /suʃˈpẽ.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /susˈpẽ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suʃˈpẽ.su/

• Hyphenation: sus‧pen‧so

Adjective

suspenso (feminine suspensa, masculine plural suspensos, feminine plural suspensas)

1. suspended

Further reading

• “suspenso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “suspenso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin suspēnsus. Doublet of suspense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /susˈpenso/ [susˈpẽn.so]
• Rhymes: -enso
• Syllabification: sus‧pen‧so

Adjective

suspenso (feminine suspensa, masculine plural suspensos, feminine plural suspensas)

1. failed

Noun

suspenso m (plural suspensos)

1. (Latin America) suspense
2. cliffhanger
3. (Spain, education) fail
4. (law) abeyance

Derived terms

• en suspenso (“in abeyance”)
• novela de suspenso (“thriller”) (novel genre)
• película de suspenso (“thriller”) (film genre)

Further reading

• “suspenso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025