See bogeyman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"Latin-America",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hombre del saco"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "mumò"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"tags": [
"childish"
],
"word": "mumu"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "buji",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "буҷӣ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "gulyabani"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "hortlak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "öcü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "karakoncolos"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "umacı"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories",
"word": "ngoáo ộp"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bussemand"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bøhmand"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"word": "mörkö"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schreckgespenst"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spauracchio"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "Baba Roga",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Баба Рога"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "czarny lud"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "straszydło"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "púgalo",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пу́гало"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žúpel",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жу́пел"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"word": "öcü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"word": "korkutku"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any make-believe threat",
"word": "canavar"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"bogeyman"
],
"word": "bogeyman"
}
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