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susto

susto noun: an illness in Latin American cultures, a condition of fear and chronic somatic suffering stemming from one's own or others' emotional trauma.

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.

Questions about susto

What does susto mean?
Susto means an illness in Latin American cultures, a condition of fear and chronic somatic suffering stemming from one's own or others' emotional trauma.
What part of speech is susto?
Susto is a noun.

Words near susto in the dictionary

  1. sustentors
  2. suster
  3. Susterian
  4. susters
  5. sustinent
  6. susto
  7. susu
  8. susuki grass
  9. susumba
  10. susumber
  11. susumbers

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