Polyglot Dictionary

diablo

/ˈdjaβlo/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

plural
los diablos

Meaning

  1. devil

    • Dicen que es un diablo.

      They say he's a devil.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

demonio

Worth distinguishing: diablo (devil) often refers to THE Devil specifically; demonio (demon) is more general.

Similar in other languages

German

Teufel

Teufel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "devil."

Portuguese

diabo

diabo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "devil."

Practice

1 What does diablo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Dicen que es un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches diablo?

noun

Last updated