diablo

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See also: Diablo and diabló

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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diablo (plural diablos)

  1. (Southwestern US) the devil

Adjective

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diablo (not comparable)

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

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French diable, from Latin diabolus.

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Noun

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

  1. devil

Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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  • 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).

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Noun

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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

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Polish

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Etymology

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From diabli-o.

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Adverb

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diablo (not comparable)

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

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

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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]

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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References

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

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