# diablo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish diablo (“devil”). Doublet of diabolo, devil, diable, and diabolus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

diablo (plural diablos)
* (Southwestern US) the devil

### Adjective

diablo (not comparable)
* (cooking, sometimes postpositive) Synonym of diable (“flavoured with hot spices”)
    a diablo pizza
    a diablo burger

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from French diable, from Latin diabolus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [diˈablo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ablo
* Hyphenation: di‧a‧blo

### Noun

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

## Old Spanish
### Alternative forms

* diabolo (very early Old Spanish, 10th century)

### Etymology

From earlier diabolo, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdjaβlo/

### Noun

diablo m (plural diablos)
* devil
** c. 1200: 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 x̊on the roof of that temple the Devil tried to tempt Jesus Christ

#### Descendants

* Ladino: diavlo
* Spanish: diablo, diaulo (Chile, colloquial, rare)
** → English: diablo
** → Tagalog: diyablo

## Polish
### Etymology

From diabli +‎ -o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdja.blɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ablɔ
* Syllabification: dia‧blo

### Adverb

diablo (not comparable)
* (colloquial) very, very much
    Synonym: bardzo

#### Related terms

* diabelny
* diabelski
* diabli
* diaboliczny
* diabelnie
* diabelsko
* diabolicznie
* diabelstwo
* diabeł
* diabełek
* diablę
* diablica
* diablik
* diaboliczność
* gdzie diabeł nie może, tam babę pośle

### Further reading

* diablo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* diablo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* diaulo (Chile, colloquial, rare)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish diablo, diabolo (compare Ladino diavlo), a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdjablo/ [ˈd̪ja.β̞lo]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ablo
* Syllabification: dia‧blo

### Noun

diablo m (plural diablos, feminine diabla, feminine plural diablas)
* devil
* (Mexico) crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, prybar, pinchbar, nail bar
    Synonyms: (Mexico) diablito, pie de cabra, pata de cabra, barreta, palanca

#### Derived terms

* abogado del diablo
* árbol del diablo
* caballito del diablo
* caballo del diablo
* con mil diablos
* darse al diablo
* diablo cojuelo
* el diablo está en los detalles
* endiablar
* más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo
* nabo del diablo
* patín del diablo
* pepinillo del diablo
* pepino del diablo
* pez del diablo
* salir como alma que lleva el diablo
* tentar al diablo
* trigo del diablo

#### Related terms

* diabólico

#### Descendants

* → English: diablo
* → Tagalog: diyablo

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “diablo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “diablo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “diablo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
* “diablo”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
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