susto

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.

• SOTUs, ousts

Uncertain. Possibly from sustar, from Latin substāre, or less likely from surrectus. Compare Spanish susto.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃ.tu/
• Hyphenation: sus‧to

susto m (plural sustos)

1. fright, scare.
2. fear, terror.

• assustar
• sustar

susto

1. first-person singular present indicative of sustar

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.

susto m (plural sustos)

1. fright

• asustar