Polyglot Dictionary

diabo

/ˈdʒjabu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

plural
os diabos

Meaning

  1. devil

    • Que diabo é isso?

      What the devil is that?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

demônio

Worth distinguishing: diabo often refers to THE devil/Satan specifically; demônio is more general, for any evil spirit.

Similar in other languages

German

Teufel

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

Spanish

diablo

diablo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "devil."

Practice

1 What does diabo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Que ___ é isso?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches diabo?

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