sobresalto

See also: sobresaltó and sobre-salto

Portuguese

Noun

sobresalto m (plural sobresaltos)

1. Obsolete spelling of sobressalto.
   • 1565–1578, Luís Fróis, História de Japam [History of Japan], volume 2, (accessed thru a corpus):

     Porem, ainda que em quazi todos houve este sobresalto e movimento, somente em Sancho se vio huma serenidade e quietação tão grande, como dantes que a nova chegasse e, chamando todos os christãos, lhes fez huma pratica dizendo, como não entendião elles claramente ser aquillo ardil do demonio que pretendia inquietá-los?

     However, although in almost all of them there was this jump and movement, only Sancho was as serene and quiet as before the news had arrived and, calling all the Christians together, he made a practice of saying to them, how could they not clearly understand that this was a ruse by the demon who wanted to disturb them?

   • 1637, Francisco Manuel de Melo, Epanaphoras de varia historia portugueza... em cinco relaçoens de sucessos pertencentes a este reyno... [Epanaphors from various Portuguese histories... in five lists of successes belonging to this kingdom...], Epanaphora politica primeira [First political epanaphor] (section 1), (accessed thru a corpus):

     Então porque o temor não he racional, havendo grande perturbação em todos, causada do sobresalto deste desëgano, sem embargo de ser o mesmo que buscavão; reconhecëdo D. Manoel a novidade, e quão custoso podia ser o enleyo a todos os que o padecião; com palavras constantes, e animo segurissimo, ordenou: Que o navio tornasse a ser seguido, na forma de antes.

     Then, because fear is not rational, there being great disturbance in everyone, caused by the start of this disillusionment, notwithstanding that it was the same one they were looking for, recognizing the novelty, and how costly the entanglement could be to all who suffered it; with constant words and very sure spirit, he ordered the ship to be followed again in the manner of before.

   • 1921, Francisco Manuel de Melo, Os Galos de Apollo [Apollo's Cocks], (accessed thru a corpus):

     — Pois isto é tarde por aqui — juntou vagarosa-mente o pastor. Rosaria teve um sobresalto, o monte ficava longe, não andava viv'alma, e tão fóra de horas.

     — Well, it's late around here — said the shepherd slowly. Rosaria had a start: the hill was far away, there was no one around, and it was too late.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sobɾeˈsalto/ [so.β̞ɾeˈsal̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Syllabification: so‧bre‧sal‧to

Etymology 1

From sobre- +‎ salto.

Noun

sobresalto m (plural sobresaltos)

1. jolt
2. scare, fright, tizzy

   Synonym: susto

   • 1983 December 3, “Gustavo (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 21:

     ?Por que te suicidaste — colgando en la entrada de mi casa? La manana despues cuando te descubri, muerto, te grite con sobresalto.

     Why did you commit suicide — hanging at the entrance of my house? The morning after when I found you dead I screamed in shock.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sobresalto

1. first-person singular present indicative of sobresaltar

Further reading

• “sobresalto”, 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