Afrikaans: boeman (boo-man)
Albanian: gogoli (go-go-lee)
Amharic: ጭራቅላቅ (ch’irak’lak’)
Arabic: أبو رجل مسلوخة (abu rajul maslukha)
Armenian: Բուբուլ (boo-bool)
Azerbaijani: qorxulu adam (gorkh-loo ah-dahm)
Basque: sorgina (sor-gin-ah)
Belarusian: бабай (ba-bai)
Bengali: ভূত (bhoot)
Bosnian: bauka (bau-kah)
Bulgarian: таласъм (ta-la-sum)
Burmese: မုဆိုး (moo-soh)
Catalan: home del sac (oh-meh del sahk)
Cebuano: aswang (ah-swang)
Chinese (Mandarin): 怪物 (guài wù)
Croatian: babaroga (bah-bah-roh-ga)
Czech: bubák (boo-bahk)
Danish: bøhmand (boh-man)
Dutch: boeman (boo-man)
Esperanto: bubalo (boo-bah-loh)
Estonian: koll (kohl)
Finnish: mörkö (mur-ko)
French: croque-mitaine (krok-mee-tan)
Galician: sacamantecas (sah-kah-mahn-teh-kas)
Georgian: ბუი (boo-ee)
German: schwarzer mann (shvahr-tser mahn)
Greek: μπαμπούλας (bam-bu-las)
Gujarati: બૂગીમેન (boo-gee-men)
Haitian Creole: sovaj (so-vahj)
Hausa: bokan (boh-kahn)
Hebrew: מפלצת (mif-let-set)
Hindi: बूगीमैन (boo-gee-man)
Hungarian: mumus (moo-moosh)
Icelandic: skrímsli (skreem-slee)
Igbo: mmụọ (m-moo-uh)
Indonesian: hantu (hahn-too)
Irish: púca (poo-kah)
Italian: uomo nero (woh-mo neh-roh)
Japanese: ブギーマン (boo-gii-man)
Javanese: wewe gombel (weh-weh gom-bel)
Kannada: ಬೂಗಿಮ್ಯಾನ್ (boo-gee-myan)
Kazakh: албасты (al-bas-ti)
Khmer: តោសាហាវ (tao-sa-hav)
Korean: 부기맨 (boo-gee-man)
Kurdish: mêrê tirsi (mer-eh tir-si)
Kyrgyz: албасты (al-bas-ti)
Lao: ອາຈານປີສາດ (a-jan pee-saat)
Latvian: bubulis (boo-boo-lis)
Lithuanian: baubas (bow-bahs)
Luxembourgish: bougimännchen (boo-gih-men-chen)
Macedonian: вампир (vam-peer)
Malagasy: devoly (de-vo-lee)
Malay: hantu boogeyman (hahn-too boo-gee-man)
Malayalam: ഭൂതം (bhoo-tham)
Maltese: bogeyman (boo-gee-man)
Maori: pūrākau (poo-rah-koh)
Marathi: बूगीमॅन (boo-gee-man)
Mongolian: мангас (mang-gas)
Nepali: बोगिम्यान (bo-gee-my-an)
Norwegian: bøhmann (boo-man)
Odia: ବୁଗିମାନ୍ (boo-gee-man)
Pashto: بلا (bla)
Persian: غول (ghool)
Polish: chochoł (kho-khol)
Portuguese: bicho-papão (bee-shoo-pah-pow)
Punjabi: ਭੂਤ (bhoot)
Romanian: bau-bau (bow-bow)
Russian: бугимен (boo-gee-men)
Samoan: patupaiarehe (pah-too-pah-yah-reh-heh)
Serbian: баба рога (bah-bah roh-gah)
Shona: mushonga (moo-shon-gah)
Sinhala: භූතයා (boo-tha-ya)
Slovak: strašidlo (strah-sheed-lo)
Slovenian: pošast (po-shahst)
Somali: sheydaan (shay-dahn)
Spanish: coco (koh-koh)
Sundanese: dedemit (de-de-mit)
Swahili: mzimu (mzee-moo)
Swedish: spöke (spuh-keh)
Tagalog: kapre (kah-preh)
Tajik: албасти (al-bah-stee)
Tamil: பூதம் (boo-tham)
Telugu: బోగీమాన్ (bo-gee-man)
Thai: ผีร้าย (pee-rai)
Tigrinya: ተነቂል (te-ne-kil)
Turkish: öcü (o-joo)
Turkmen: gargy (gar-guh-yee)
Ukrainian: бугімен (boo-gee-men)
Urdu: بوگی مین (boo-gee-man)
Uzbek: jin (jeen)
Vietnamese: ma quái (mah kwai)
Welsh: bwci bo (boo-key bo)
Wolof: rab (rab)
Xhosa: ibhadi (i-bah-dee)
Yiddish: בוגימען (boo-gee-men)
Yoruba: arara (ah-rah-rah)
Zulu: isilwane (ee-see-lwah-nay)