bogeyman

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.
 * 2)  Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Moroccan Arabic: بوعو, بو خنشة
 * Basque: hamalau-zaku
 * Catalan: home del sac,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:, bøhmand
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: infantimigulo
 * Estonian: koll
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: sacaúntos,, sacamanteigas,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μορμολυκεῖον
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: uomo nero,
 * Japanese: ブギーマン,
 * Korean: 꼬마 도깨비, 부기맨
 * Ladino: bambaruto
 * Latgalian: buba
 * Latin: larva
 * Latvian: bubulis
 * Lithuanian: baubas, bubulis
 * Norman: croque-mitaine, barbou
 * Norwegian: busemann
 * Persian:
 * Polish: czarny lud
 * Portuguese: bicho-papão, homem do saco,
 * Romanian:, omul negru,
 * Russian:, , , , бу́гимен
 * Serbo-Croatian:, бабарога
 * Spanish:, , cucuy, sacamantecas,
 * Tagalog: mumò, mumu
 * Tajik: буҷӣ
 * Turkish:, , , ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Danish:, bøhmand
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: czarny lud,
 * Russian: ,
 * Turkish:, korkutku,