sacaúntos

• sacaúntu

From sacar (“to extract”) +‎ untu (“fat”). Compare Spanish sacamantecas and Galician sacaúntos.

sacaúntos m (plural sacaúntos)

1. (Asturian mythology) bogeyman (an evil being used to scare children, usually vampiresque like)

• “sacaúntos”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “sacaúntu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

From sacar (“to extract”) +‎ unto (“fat of the abdomen”). Compare Spanish sacamantecas.

• IPA^(key): /sakaˈunto̝s/

sacaúntos m (invariable)

1. (folklore) bogeyman (an evil being used to scare children)

   Synonym: coco

• sacaúntos on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sacaúntos”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sacaúntos”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN