"spauracchio" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /spa.uˈrak.kjo/ Forms: spauracchi [plural]
Rhymes: -akkjo Etymology: From spaur(are) (“to scare”) + -acchio (instrumental suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:af|spaurare<t:to scare><alt:spaur(are)>|-acchio<pos:instrumental suffix>}}, {{suffix|it|spaurare|acchio|alt1=spaur(are)|pos2=instrumental suffix|t1=to scare}} spaur(are) (“to scare”) + -acchio (instrumental suffix) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} spauracchio m (plural spauracchi)
  1. (obsolete) scarecrow Tags: masculine, obsolete Synonyms: spaventapasseri
    Sense id: en-spauracchio-it-noun-tolxOC9i Categories (other): Italian terms suffixed with -acchio Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -acchio: 42 31 27
  2. (by extension) anything eliciting fear or dread Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-spauracchio-it-noun-Y3OtevwO
  3. (by extension) a scaringly ugly or haggard person Tags: broadly, masculine Synonyms: mostro, orco, castigamatti
    Sense id: en-spauracchio-it-noun-F9dUyULN Categories (other): Italian entries referencing missing etymons, Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 28 22 50 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 13 11 76 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 20 15 65 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 33 22 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 13 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 9 77 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 17 11 71

Inflected forms

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    [
      "spaur(are)",
      "spaurare#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "-acchio",
      "-acchio#Italian"
    ]
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      },
      "expansion": "",
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      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "spauracchi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "spa‧u‧ràc‧chio"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "spa‧u‧ràc‧chio"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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        }
      ],
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      ]
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      ],
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        [
          "elicit",
          "elicit"
        ],
        [
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        ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "ugly",
          "ugly"
        ],
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          "haggard",
          "haggard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) a scaringly ugly or haggard person"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mostro"
        },
        {
          "word": "orco"
        },
        {
          "word": "castigamatti"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spa.uˈrak.kjo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-akkjo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spauracchio"
}
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    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries referencing missing etymons",
    "Italian entries with etymon",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁éǵʰ",
    "Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁éǵʰs",
    "Italian terms suffixed with -acchio",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "-acchio",
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "spauracchi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m"
      },
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  ],
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      "parts": [
        "spa‧u‧ràc‧chio"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Italian terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "scarecrow"
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        "(obsolete) scarecrow"
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        {
          "word": "spaventapasseri"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything eliciting fear or dread"
      ],
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        [
          "elicit",
          "elicit"
        ],
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ],
        [
          "dread",
          "dread"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) anything eliciting fear or dread"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a scaringly ugly or haggard person"
      ],
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        [
          "scaringly",
          "scaringly"
        ],
        [
          "ugly",
          "ugly"
        ],
        [
          "haggard",
          "haggard"
        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension) a scaringly ugly or haggard person"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mostro"
        },
        {
          "word": "orco"
        },
        {
          "word": "castigamatti"
        }
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/spa.uˈrak.kjo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-akkjo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spauracchio"
}

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