diaño

Galician

Alternative forms

• deño, diallo, dianllo

Etymology

Attested since circa 1536. From Old Galician-Portuguese diabo, earlier diaboo, displacing the collateral forms diabre, diabro and diablo; from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (“devil”) (probably borrowed as a semi-learned term), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ˈa.ɲo̝/

Noun

diaño m (plural diaños)

1. (religion, fiction) devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)

   Synonym: demo

2. (colloquial, with definite article) used to emphasise the extent of an action, usually one of a negative nature

Noun

diaño m (plural diaños)

1. an evil or perverse person

   Synonym: demo

2. a mischievous person

   Synonym: demo

Interjection

diaños!

1. damn! (expresses anger, irritation or disappointment)

Synonyms

• (euphemistic) merda

References

• “diaboo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “diab” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “diaño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “diaño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “diaño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.