diablo

Etymology 1

Spanish diablo (“devil”).

Etymology 2

French diable (“devil”), from Old French.

Etymology

From French diable, see Spanish diablo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈablo/
• Hyphenation: di‧a‧blo

Noun

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

1. devil

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^(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

Etymology

From Old Spanish diablo, diabolo (compare Ladino diavlo), a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)^[1].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdja.blo/, [ˈdja.βlo]

Noun

diablo m (plural diablos, feminine diabla, feminine plural diablas)

1. devil

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