diavolo

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Italian

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (possibly semi-learned), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdja.vo.lo/, /diˈa.vo.lo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -avolo
  • Hyphenation: dià‧vo‧lo, di‧à‧vo‧lo

Noun

diavolo m (plural diavoli)

  1. devil, demon, fiend, Satan
  2. (evil person) devil, devilish person
  3. (man) sort, devil
    è un buon diavolohe's a good sort

Derived terms

Interjection

diavolo

  1. the devil, the heck, the dickens, the deuce
    che diavolo fai?what the devil are you doing?
  2. (diavolo!) damn!, blast!
  3. (diavolo!) you bet!, rather!

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ diavolo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)