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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsuʃ.tu/
  • Hyphenation: sus‧to

Noun

susto m (plural sustos)

  1. fright, scare.
  2. fear, terror.

Verb

susto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sustar

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Several theories exist. Possibly an expressive creation, or from a verb *sustar, from Latin suscitāre[1] (though this is unlikely), or perhaps from substāre[2]. Compare Portuguese susto.

Noun

susto m (plural sustos)

  1. fright

References

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