bicho-papão

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From bicho (“beast”) +‎ papão (“glutton”). The legend says the creature would come at night to eat mischievous children, thus originating its name. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bi‧cho‧-pa‧pão === Noun === bicho-papão m (plural bichos-papões) bogeyman (menacing, ghost-like monster in children’s stories) Synonym: papão ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:bicho-papão. === Further reading === “bicho-papão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bicho-papão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026