diavolo

Italian

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (possibly semi-learned), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdja.vo.lo/, /diˈa.vo.lo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -avolo
  • Hyphenation: dià‧vo‧lo, di‧à‧vo‧lo
  • Audio(file)

Noun

diavolo m (plural diavoli, diminutive diavolétto or diavolìno, augmentative diavolóne, pejorative diavolàccio, derogatory diavolùccio)

  1. devil, demon, fiend, Satan
  2. devil, devilish person (evil person)
  3. sort, devil (man)
    è un buon diavolo ― he's a good sort

Derived terms
Derived terms

Interjection

diavolo

  1. the devil, the heck, the dickens, the deuce
    che diavolo fai? ― what the devil are you doing?
  2. damn!, blast! (diavolo!)
  3. you bet!, rather! (diavolo!)

Synonyms

References
  1. diavolo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.