Bogeyman — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an imaginary monster used to frighten children

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæɹɐkˌoʊlz/

🇬🇧British English

/bˈʌɡbeəz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bˈʌɡbeəz/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæɹɐkˌoʊlz/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

booger bugbear bugaboo boogeyman

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Buhmann

ein imaginäres Monster, das dazu dient, Kinder zu erschrecken

🇫🇷French

épouvantail

un monstre imaginaire utilisé pour effrayer les enfants

🇪🇸Spanish

coco

Un monstruo imaginario utilizado para asustar a los niños.

🇮🇹Italian

spauracchio

un mostro immaginario usato per spaventare i bambini

🇳🇱Dutch

boeman

een denkbeeldig monster dat gebruikt wordt om kinderen bang te maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

bicho-papão

um monstro imaginário usado para assustar crianças

🇷🇺Russian

пугало

воображаемый монстр, которым пугали детей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हौवा खड़ा

एक काल्पनिक राक्षस जो बच्चों को डराता था

🇧🇩Bengali

বোগিম্যান

একটি কাল্পনিক দানব যা শিশুদের ভয় দেখাতে ব্যবহৃত হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

போகிமான்

குழந்தைகளை பயமுறுத்த பயன்படுத்தப்படும் ஒரு கற்பனை அசுரன்

🇮🇳Telugu

బోగీ మనిషి

పిల్లలను భయపెట్టడానికి ఉపయోగించే ఒక ఊహాత్మక రాక్షసుడు

🇮🇳Marathi

बोगीमॅन

मुलांना घाबरवण्यासाठी वापरलेला एक काल्पनिक राक्षस

🇮🇳Gujarati

બોગીમેન

એક કાલ્પનિક રાક્ષસ જે બાળકોને ડરાવવા માટે વપરાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೋಗಿಮ್ಯಾನ್

ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನು ಹೆದರಿಸಲು ಬಳಸುವ ಕಾಲ್ಪನಿಕ ದೈತ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബോഗിമാൻ

കുട്ടികളെ ഭയപ്പെടുത്താൻ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന ഒരു സാങ്കൽപ്പിക രാക്ഷസൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੋਗੀਮੈਨ

ਇੱਕ ਕਾਲਪਨਿਕ ਰਾਖਸ਼ ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਡਰਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بوگی مین

ایک خیالی عفریت جو بچوں کو ڈرانے کے لیے استعمال ہوتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

妖怪

用来吓唬孩子的虚构怪物

🇯🇵Japanese

ボギーマン

子供たちを怖がらせるために使われる想像上の怪物

🇰🇷Korean

보기맨

아이들을 놀라게 하는 데 사용되는 상상의 괴물

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ông trùm

một con quái vật tưởng tượng dùng để dọa trẻ em

🇹🇭Thai

ปิศาจ

สัตว์ประหลาดในจินตนาการที่เคยทำให้เด็กๆ หวาดกลัว

🇮🇩Indonesian

hantu

monster imajiner yang digunakan untuk menakut-nakuti anak-anak

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بعبع

وحش وهمي يستخدم لتخويف الأطفال

🇮🇷Persian

بوگی

یک هیولای خیالی که برای ترساندن کودکان استفاده می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

öcü

çocukları korkutmak için kullanılan hayali bir canavar

🇮🇱Hebrew

בוגימן

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