susto
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See also: sústo
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
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
susto m (plural sustos)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
susto
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
Noun
susto m (plural sustos)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “susto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “susto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “susto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10