susto
Portuguese, noun/ˈsus.tu/
susto is spelled S-U-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,590th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Susto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fright, scare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of sustar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sobressalto causado por evento não esperado; surpresa vigorosa e momentânea”.
What does susto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefright, scare
Ai que susto!
- 2
masculinefear, terror
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of sustar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sobressalto causado por evento não esperado; surpresa vigorosa e momentânea
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of susto
- sustos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce susto?
- Brazil /ˈsus.tu/
- /ˈsuʃ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈsuʃ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to susto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is susto in Portuguese?
susto appears 8.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).