bogey russian

• пу́гало

  scarecrow

  bugbear, bugaboo, bogey, fright

• жу́пел

  bugbear, bugaboo, bogey, scare word

  brimstone, burning sulphur

• страши́ло

  fright, scarecrow, ugly sight

  bugaboo, bogey, bugbear

• страши́ла

  fright, scarecrow, ugly sight

  bogeyman, bugaboo, monster

• баба́й

  bogeyman, Babai (mythical old man), bugbear

  Central Asian, Asian old man

  usurer, loan shark

Examples

• Бабай придёт ночью к непослушным детям.

  The bogeyman will come at night for naughty children.

• Мама пугала меня страшным бабаем в детстве.

  When I was a child, my mother frightened me with tales of a terrifying bogeyman.