diablo
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish diablo (“devil”). Doublet of diabolo, devil, diable, and diabolus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]diablo (plural diablos)
- (Southwestern US) The Devil or a devil.
Related terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]diablo (not comparable)
- (cooking, sometimes postpositive) Synonym of diable (“flavored with hot spices/sauces”).
- a diablo pizza
- a diablo burger
See also
[edit]- Diablo (“Diablo wind”)
Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French diable, from Latin diabolus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]diablo (accusative singular diablon, plural diabloj, accusative plural diablojn)
Further reading
[edit]- “diablo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “diablo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
Old Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- diabolo (very early Old Spanish, 10th century)
Etymology
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From earlier diabolo, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]diablo m (plural diablos)
- devil
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 31r. b.:
- O xp̃s ayuno .xl. dias & .xl. noches alli ſuſo en el mõt o quiſo tentar el diablo a xp̃s.
- [O Cristo ayunó quaraenta dias e quaraenta noches. Allí suso en el mont o quiso tentar el diablo a Cristo.]
- Christ fasted forty days and forty nights. There atop the mountain the Devil tried to tempt Christ.
Descendants
[edit]Polish
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Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]diablo (not comparable)
- (colloquial) very, very much
- Synonym: bardzo
Related terms
[edit]adjectives
Further reading
[edit]- “diablo”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “diablo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- diaulo (Chile, colloquial, rare)
Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
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
[edit]Noun
[edit]diablo m (plural diablos, feminine diabla, feminine plural diablas)
- devil
- Synonym: malo
- (Mexico) crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, prybar, pinchbar, nail bar
- Synonyms: (Mexico) diablito, pie de cabra, pata de cabra, barreta, palanca
Derived terms
[edit]- abogado del diablo
- al diablo
- árbol del diablo
- caballito del diablo
- caballo del diablo
- con mil diablos
- darse al diablo
- diablo cojuelo
- el diablo está en los detalles
- endiablar
- más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo
- nabo del diablo
- patín del diablo
- pepinillo del diablo
- pepino del diablo
- pez del diablo
- pobre diablo
- qué diablos
- salir como alma que lleva el diablo
- sauco del diablo
- tener el diablo en el cuerpo
- tentar al diablo
- tomate del diablo
- trigo del diablo
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “diablo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “diablo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “diablo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
- “diablo”, in Diccionario del español de México [Dictionary of the Spanish of Mexico] (in Spanish), second edition, Mexican Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Mexicana de la Lengua], 2019
- diablo | Diccionario • DELE Ahora
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