susto
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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.
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susto m (plural sustos)
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susto
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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.
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susto m (plural sustos)
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- ^ “susto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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- “susto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014