diabo

See also: Diabo

Portuguese

Etymology

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): /d͡ʒi.ˈa.bu/, /ˈd͡ʒ(j)a.bu/, /di.ˈa.bu/
• IPA^(key): /di.ˈa.βu/, /ˈdja.βu/
• Homophone: Diabo
• Hyphenation: di‧a‧bo
• Rhymes: -abu

Noun

diabo m (plural s)

1. (religion, fiction) devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)
2. (colloquial, with definite article) used to emphasise the extent of an action, usually one of a negative nature

   Ele falou o diabo sobre seus inimigos.

   He said a lot of crap about his enemies.

Noun

diabo m (plural s, feminine diaba or diáboa, feminine plural diabas or diáboas)

1. an evil or perverse person
2. a mischievous person

Synonyms

• (demon): demo, demónio, diabalma
• (evil person): demo, demónio

Derived terms

• diabinho, diabozinho, diabrete (diminutives)
• diabão (augmentative)
• diabalma
• diabo-da-tasmânia
• diabo-marinho
• peixe-diabo
• que diabo, que diabos
• o que diabos
• por que diabos

Related terms

• diabólico
• diabolismo
• diabolô
• endiabrado
• endiabrar

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: diaabo

Interjection

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

Synonyms

• bosta, diabos, diacho (euphemistic), droga, merda, porcaria