babaroga

1. bogeyman
   Spavaj, inače će doći babaroga! — Go to sleep, or the bogeyman will come!
   Kao dete sam se plašio babaroge. — As a child I was afraid of the bogeyman.
2. bogeyman; bugbear
   Političari koriste krizu kao babarogu. — Politicians use the crisis as a bogeyman.
3. colloq. derog. (of a woman) ugly, frightening or nasty woman; hag
   Komšinica je prava babaroga, stalno viče na decu. — The neighbour is a real hag, she's always yelling at the kids.