diablo

See also Diablo

English

Etymology 1

Spanish diablo (“devil”)

Noun

diablo (plural diablos)

1. (Southwest US) Sometimes used to refer to the devil.

Etymology 2

French diable (“devil”), from Old French.

Adjective

diablo (not comparable)

1. Diable, flavoured with hot spices.

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Esperanto

Noun

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

1. devil

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈdja.blo]

Noun

diablo m (plural diablos)

1. devil
   • c1200: 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 tied to tempt Jesus Christ

Descendants

• Ladino: diavlo (Latin spelling)
• Spanish: diablo

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish diablo (cf. Ladino diavlo), from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diabolos).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdja.blo/, [ˈdja.βlo]

Noun

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

1. devil

Derived terms

• endiablar

Related terms

• diabólico