espantaflojos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of espanta (“to scare”) +‎ flojos (“lazy persons”).

Noun

espantaflojos m (plural espantaflojos)

1. (Colombia, Bolivia) a swift drizzle

   Synonym: (Colombia) espantabobos

Further reading

• “espantaflojos”, 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