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Galician
Noun
espantalho m (plural espantalhos, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of espantallo
Further reading
- “espantalho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
From espantar + -alho.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʎu
- Hyphenation: es‧pan‧ta‧lho
Noun
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
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