susto
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Su médico dice que sólo un gran susto puede curarlo y su nieto decide dárselo.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2021
Somebody, maybe Fabis, said that it was susto, fright, that was making it hard for her to breathe, that once she calmed down she'd be able to breathe, and I repeated this to her.
From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2011
Tía Fermina says she needs to give me a limpia to get rid of my susto.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
Olga stayed with me every night until I got over my susto.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
"Ha hecho," says Ronquillo, "grande susto el haber nombrado el abogado Williams, que fue el orador y el mas arrabiado de toda la casa de los comunes en los ultimos terribles parlamentos del Rey difunto."
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
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