Masculine

diablo

Meaning

  1. (masculine) devil
  2. (Mexico, masculine) crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, prybar, pinchbar, nail bar

Synonyms

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
dia‧blo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdjablo/
Etymology

In summary

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).

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