different between emotional vs susto

English

Etymology

emotion +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m????n?l/, /??m???n?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??mo???n?l/, /??mo??n?l/, /i?mo???n?l/
• Rhymes: -????n?l

Adjective

emotional (comparative more emotional, superlative most emotional)

1. Of or relating to the emotions.

   emotional crisis

   emotional lift

2. Characterised by emotion.
3. Determined by emotion rather than reason.

   emotional decision

4. Appealing to or arousing emotion.

   emotional speech

5. Easily affected by emotion.

   She’s an emotional person.

6. Readily displaying emotion.

   emotional greeting

Synonyms

• demonstrative
• effusive
• sentimental
• temperamental

Derived terms

Translations

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

emotional (comparative emotionaler, superlative am emotionalsten)

1. emotional

Declension

Related terms

• Emotion

Further reading

• “emotional” in Duden online

English

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• SOTUs, ousts

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from sustar, from Latin subst?re, or less likely from surrectus. Compare Spanish susto.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?su?.tu/
• Hyphenation: sus?to

Noun

susto m (plural sustos)

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

Related terms

• assustar
• sustar

Verb

susto

1. first-person singular present indicative of sustar

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Several theories exist. Possibly an expressive creation, or from a verb *sustar, from Latin suscit?re (though this is unlikely), or perhaps from subst?re. Compare Portuguese susto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?susto/, [?sus.t?o]

Noun

susto m (plural sustos)

1. fright

Derived terms

• asustar

References

Further reading

• “susto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.