divo

See also: диво

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dyew-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *deywós

Proto-Italic *deiwos

Old Latin deivos

Latin dīvusbor.

Italian divobor.

English divo

Borrowed from Italian divo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːvoʊ/

Noun

divo (plural divos)

1. A male diva; a man with the traits characteristic of a typical diva.

Translations

A male diva

• Catalan: divo (ca) m
• French: divo (fr) m
• Galician: divo (gl) m
• Italian: divo (it) m
• Portuguese: divo (pt) m
• Spanish: divo (es) m

Anagrams

• Ovid, void

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈdi.βu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdi.vo]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈdi.βo]

Noun

divo m (plural divos, feminine diva, feminine plural dives)

1. (obsolete) god

   Synonym: déu

2. divo

Further reading

• “divo”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: dì‧vo

Noun

divo m (plural divi, feminine diva)

1. star (performer)
2. (poetic) god

Further reading

• divo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• diva in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.vo]

Adjective

dīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dīvus

Noun

dīvō

1. dative/ablative singular of dīvus and dīvum

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtivo/

Verb

divo

1. inflection of divvut:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.bu/ [ˈdi.βu]

Adjective

divo (feminine diva, masculine plural divos, feminine plural divas)

1. (poetic) divine

Noun

divo m (plural divos, feminine diva, feminine plural divas)

1. masculine of diva

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

divo

1. first-person singular present indicative of divar

Further reading

• “divo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “divo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Slovak

Etymology

From divý + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟivɔ/, [ˈɟiʋɔ]
• Rhymes: -ivɔ
• Hyphenation: di‧vo

Adverb

divo

1. wildly

Further reading

• “divo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdibo/ [ˈd̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: di‧vo

Adjective

divo (feminine diva, masculine plural divos, feminine plural divas)

1. star (famous)

   Synonym: famoso

Noun

divo m (plural divos, feminine diva, feminine plural divas)

1. star, celeb

   Synonyms: estrella, celebridad

Further reading

• “divo”, 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