Diablo - Wiktionary

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 or a devil.

Adjective

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diablo (not comparable)

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

See also

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• Diablo (“Diablo wind”)

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French diable, from Latin diabolus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /diˈablo/

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• Rhymes: -ablo
• Syllabification: di‧a‧blo

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).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈdjablo/

Noun

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diablo m (plural diablos)

1. 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.
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 80r. b.:sobrela buelta da q̃l tenple el diablo q̃so tẽptar a ih̃u x̊[sobre la buelta d'aquel temple el diablo quiso temptar a Jhesu Cristo]on the roof of that temple the Devil tried to tempt Jesus Christ

Descendants

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• Ladino: diavlo
• Spanish: diablo, diaulo (Chile, colloquial, rare)
  • → English: diablo
  • → Tagalog: diyablo

Polish

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Etymology

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From diabli +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈdja.blɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ablɔ
• Syllabification: dia‧blo

Adverb

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diablo (not comparable)

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

Related terms

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• diabelny
• diabelski
• diabli
• diaboliczny

adverbs

• diabelnie
• diabelsko
• diabolicznie

nouns

• diabelstwo
• diabeł
• diabełek
• diablę
• diablica
• diablik
• diaboliczność

phrase

• gdzie diabeł nie może, tam babę pośle

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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• diaulo (Chile, colloquial, rare)

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]

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈdjablo/ [ˈd̪ja.β̞lo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ablo
• Syllabification: dia‧blo

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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• abogado del 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
• salir como alma que lleva el diablo
• sauco del diablo
• tentar al diablo
• tomate del diablo
• trigo del diablo

Related terms

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• diabólico

Descendants

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• → English: diablo
• → Tagalog: diyablo

References

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1. ^ 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

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• “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, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
• diablo | Diccionario • DELE Ahora