bubota

Catalan

Alternative forms

• babota (Valencia)

Etymology

Variant form of babarota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈβɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [buˈbɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [buˈbɔ.ta]

Noun

bubota f (plural bubotes)

1. (Balearic, Valencia) scarecrow

   Synonyms: babarota, espantall

2. (dialectal) bogeyman, phantom
3. (Valencia) spectre, ghost

   Synonyms: bumbota, bumberota, mumorota, marmota, muserota, mumaranta

Further reading

• “bubota”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007