espantajo

Spanish

Etymology

From espantar or espanto.

Noun

espantajo m (plural espantajos)

1. scarecrow

   Synonym: espantapájaros

Descendants

• → Tagalog: espantaho

Further reading

• “espantajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10