Polyglot Dictionary

espantapájaros

/espantaˈpaxaɾos/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los espantapájaros

Meaning

  1. scarecrow

    Built from espanta (scares away (from espantar)) + pájaros (birds).

    • El espantapájaros protege el huerto de los cuervos.

      The scarecrow protects the vegetable patch from crows.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • espanta scares away (from espantar)
  • pájaros birds

Similar words

espantajo

espantajo and espantapájaros are close synonyms for "scarecrow"; espantajo also separately means "fright," something scary.

Similar in other languages

German

Vogelscheuche

Vogelscheuche is the German word for the same thing — both mean "scarecrow."

Practice

1 What does espantapájaros mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ protege el huerto de los cuervos.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches espantapájaros?

nouncompound

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