suspenso
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Latin suspēnsus (“suspended, anxious”), perfect passive participle of suspendō (“I hang up or suspend”), from sub- + pendō (“I suspend, hang”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
suspenso (uncountable, accusative suspenson)
- suspense (unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension)
Latin edit
Participle edit
suspēnsō
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin suspēnsus.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: sus‧pen‧so
Adjective edit
suspenso (feminine suspensa, masculine plural suspensos, feminine plural suspensas)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin suspēnsus. Doublet of suspense.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
suspenso (feminine suspensa, masculine plural suspensos, feminine plural suspensas)
Noun edit
suspenso m (plural suspensos)
Derived terms edit
- en suspenso (“in abeyance”)
- novela de suspenso (“thriller”) (novel genre)
- película de suspenso (“thriller”) (film genre)
Further reading edit
- “suspenso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014