asustar
Spanish, verb/asusˈtaɾ/
asustar is spelled A-S-U-S-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,278th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asustar is a Spanish verb meaning “to scare, to frighten, to spook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar un susto”.
What does asustar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scare, to frighten, to spook
- 2
to freak out (somebody), to creep out
- 3
to startle
- 4
to be scared, frightened
- 5
to freak out, to get freaked out, to panic
Me asusté cuando de la nada, un escarabajo voló hacia mí y se me metió en el pelo.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar un susto. 2. Causar un gran asombro, desagrado o escándalo. 3. Añadir agua fría a un alimento en ebullición para enfriarlo de golpe.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of asustar
- asusto first-person present singular
- asusté first-person preterite singular
- asustado participle past
- asustando gerund
- asustada feminine participle past
- asustados masculine participle past
- asustadas feminine participle past
- asustas indicative informal present
- asustás indicative informal present
- asusta indicative present singular
- asustamos first-person indicative plural
- asustáis indicative plural present
- asustan indicative plural present
- asustaba first-person imperfect indicative
- asustabas imperfect indicative second-person
- asustábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- asustabais imperfect indicative plural
- asustaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asustar?
- /asusˈtaɾ/
- [a.susˈt̪aɾ]
- [asusˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asustar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asustar in Spanish?
asustar appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).