espantaocells

Verb-object compound, composed of espanta (“to scare”) +‎ ocells (“birds”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˌpan.tə.uˈseʎs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əsˌpan.tə.oˈseʎs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˌpan.ta.oˈseʎs]

espantaocells m (invariable)

1. scarecrow

   Synonyms: espantall, espantapardals, babarota, santirot

2. bogeyman

• “espantaocells”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007