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un susto de muerte

a terrible fright

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a terrible fright Used with dar or pegar to mean to give someone a terrible fright or scare someone half to death.
SP: El ruido de la ventana me dio un susto de muerte.
EN: The noise from the window gave me a terrible fright.

Me has dado un susto de muerte, tío ¡Mira tu cara!

You scared me half to death, dude! Look at your face!

— Do You Thing (2001)

Me has pegado un susto de muerte.

You scared me half to death.

Un susto de muerte.

A real fright.

— Mystic River (2003)

Chad, me has dado un susto de muerte.

Chad, you scared me half to death.

— Killer Whale (2026)

Me ha dado un susto de muerte.

They scared me half to death.

— La dolce vita (1960)