espantalho

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Portuguese

Etymology

From espantar +‎ -alho.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pɐ̃ˈta.ʎu/, /es.pɐ̃ˈta.ʎu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.pɐ̃ˈta.ʎu/, /eʃ.pɐ̃ˈta.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.pɐ̃ˈta.ʎo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐ̃ˈta.ʎu/

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

References

^ “espantalho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
^ “espantalho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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