espantabobos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of espanta (“to scare”) +‎ bobos (“fools”).

Noun

espantabobos m (plural espantabobos)

1. (Colombia) Synonym of espantaflojos

Further reading

• “espantabobos”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010