susto

See also: sústo

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

Pronunciation

 

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from sustar.

Noun

susto m (plural sustos)

  1. fright, scare
    Ai que susto! ― That scared me! (lit.: Ay, what a scare!)
    Eu levei um susto quando ele me cutucou do nada.
    I got startled when he unexpectedly poked me.
  2. fear, terror

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

susto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sustar

Further reading

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)

  1. fright

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “susto”, 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
  2. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “susto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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