espantapájaros
Spanish, noun/esˌpantaˈpaxaɾos/
espantapájaros is spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-A-P-Á-J-A-R-O-S (14 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,860th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espantapájaros is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “scarecrow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Muñeco de paja vestido de hombre, ubicado comunmente entre las plantaciones. Su función es espantar las aves…”.
What does espantapájaros mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescarecrow
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Muñeco de paja vestido de hombre, ubicado comunmente entre las plantaciones. Su función es espantar las aves para que no se coman la cosecha. 2. (Lolium temulentum) ...
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce espantapájaros?
- /esˌpantaˈpaxaɾos/
- [esˌpãn̪.t̪aˈpa.xa.ɾos]
- [espãn̪t̪aˈpaxaɾos]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espantapájaros
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espantapájaros in Spanish?
espantapájaros appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).