babau

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babau

  • /baˈbaw/

Where it comes from

raddoppiamento di "bau", di origine onomatopeica per imitare un rumore cupo, confronta con "bomba", "boato" ecc.

noun

  1. mostro frutto dell'immaginazione, usato per spaventare i bambini
  2. broadly individuo che è o fa credere di essere crudele

In English

  • bogeyman menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories
  • bugbear imaginary creature
  • whangdoodle whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction

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MLA

"babau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/it/babau. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

babau. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/it/babau

Chicago

"babau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/it/babau.

BibTeX
@misc{babau_2026,
  title = {babau},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/babau},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}