suspenso

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin suspēnsus (“suspended, anxious”), perfect passive participle of suspendō (“I hang up or suspend”), from sub- + pendō (“I suspend, hang”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [susˈpenso]
  • Rhymes: -enso
  • Hyphenation: sus‧pen‧so

Noun

suspenso (uncountable, accusative suspenson)

  1. suspense (unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension)

Latin

Participle

suspēnsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of suspēnsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspēnsus.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /susˈpẽ.su/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /suʃˈpẽ.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /susˈpẽ.so/

  • Hyphenation: sus‧pen‧so

Adjective

suspenso (feminine suspensa, masculine plural suspensos, feminine plural suspensas)

  1. suspended

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin suspēnsus. Doublet of suspense.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /susˈpenso/ [susˈpẽn.so]
  • Rhymes: -enso
  • Syllabification: sus‧pen‧so

Adjective

suspenso (feminine suspensa, masculine plural suspensos, feminine plural suspensas)

  1. failed

Noun

suspenso m (plural suspensos)

  1. (Latin America) suspense
  2. cliffhanger
  3. (Spain, education) fail
  4. (law) abeyance

Derived terms
  • en suspenso (“in abeyance”)
  • novela de suspenso (“thriller”) (novel genre)
  • película de suspenso (“thriller”) (film genre)

Further reading
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