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 === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ustu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃtu Hyphenation: sus‧to === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from sustar. ==== Noun ==== susto m (plural sustos) fright, scare Ai que susto! ― That scared me! (lit.: Ay, what a scare!) fear, terror ===== Related terms ===== assustar sustar === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== susto first-person singular present indicative of sustar === Further reading === “susto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “susto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Uncertain. Several theories exist. Possibly an expressive creation, or from a verb *sustar, from Latin suscitāre (though this is unlikely), or perhaps from substāre. Compare Portuguese susto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsusto/ [ˈsus.t̪o] Rhymes: -usto Syllabification: sus‧to === Noun === susto m (plural sustos) fright ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “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