susto
English
Noun
susto (uncountable)
- 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
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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
Etymology 1
Deverbal from sustar.
Noun
susto m (plural sustos)
- fright, scare
- fear, terror
Related terms
- assustar
- sustar
Verb
susto
- 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsusto/ [ˈsus.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -usto
- Syllabification: sus‧to
Noun
susto m (plural sustos)
- fright
Derived terms
- asustar
- no ganar para sustos
References
- “susto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “susto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014