Spanish for "it surprises", when someone is unfamiliar with a
common thing/notion/occurrence, usually used in a derogatory sense. Can be an adjective or a
noun.
The apocraphal story of George H. W. Bush's sorprende experience with bar
code scanners--he was reportedly amazed by the
technology in a modern grocery store, because of his "elite" status. Snopes says it is
false.