English

Proper noun

Diablo ‎(plural Diablos)

1. A sports car made by the Italian manufacturer Lamborghini.

English

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.

Esperanto

Noun

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

1. devil

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdja.blo/, [ˈdja.βlo]

Noun

diablo m ‎(plural diablos, feminine diabla)

1. devil

Derived terms

• endiablar

Related terms

• diabólico