espantalho
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -aʎu
- Hyphenation: es‧pan‧ta‧lho
Noun
[edit]espantalho m (plural espantalhos)
- scarecrow (figure or any object that is used to scare birds away from fields, trees, threshing floors, etc.)
- (figuratively) a deformed and ragged person
- (informal) stick with a scarf on the end, used in octopus fishing
References
[edit]- ^ “espantalho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “espantalho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.