different between suffering vs susto

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?f????/
• Hyphenation: suf?fer?ing

Adjective

suffering

1. Experiencing pain.

Synonyms

• (experiencing pain): in pain

Translations

Noun

suffering (countable and uncountable, plural sufferings)

1. The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.

Translations

Verb

suffering

1. present participle of suffer

Related terms

• sublate
• sublation

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.