diablo

See also: Diablo and diabló

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish diablo (“devil”). Doublet of diabolo, devil, diable, and diabolus.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

diablo (plural diablos)

  1. (Southwestern US) the devil

Adjective

diablo (not comparable)

  1. (cooking, sometimes postpositive) Synonym of diable (“flavoured with hot spices”).
    a diablo pizza
    a diablo burger

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French diable, from Latin diabolus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈablo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ablo
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧blo

Noun

diablo (accusative singular diablon, plural diabloj, accusative plural diablojn)

  1. devil

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • diabolo (very early Old Spanish, 10th century)

Etymology

From earlier diabolo, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjaβlo/

Noun

diablo m (plural diablos)

  1. devil
    • c. 1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 31r. b.
      O xp̃s ayuno .xl. dias & .xl. noches alli ſuſo en el mõt o quiſo tentar el diablo a xp̃s.
      Christ fasted forty days and forty nights. There atop the mountain the Devil tried to tempt Christ.
    • Idem, f. 80r. b.
      sobrela buelta da q̃l tenple el diablo q̃so tẽptar a ih̃u x̊
      on the roof of that temple the Devil tried to tempt Jesus Christ

Descendants

  • Ladino: diavlo
  • Spanish: diablo, diaulo (Chile, colloquial, rare)

Polish

Etymology

From diabli +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdja.blɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ablɔ
  • Syllabification: dia‧blo

Adverb

diablo (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) very, very much
    Synonym: bardzo
adjectives
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Further reading

  • diablo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • diablo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish diablo, diabolo (compare Ladino diavlo), a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjablo/ [ˈd̪ja.β̞lo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ablo
  • Syllabification: dia‧blo

Noun

diablo m (plural diablos, feminine diabla, feminine plural diablas)

  1. devil
  2. (Mexico) crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, prybar, pinchbar, nail bar
    Synonyms: (Mexico) diablito, pie de cabra, pata de cabra, barreta, palanca

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “diablo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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