susto
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See also: sústo
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
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Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]susto m (plural sustos)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]susto
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]susto m (plural sustos)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “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[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “susto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “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
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ustu
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/uʃtu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/uʃtu/2 syllables
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- Rhymes:Spanish/usto
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- es:Fear