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diabo.

devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/d͡ʒiˈa.bu/Brazil/ˈd͡ʒja.bu/Brazil/diˈa.bu/Portugal[diˈa.βu]Portugal
  1. devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)

    masculine
  2. used to emphasise the extent of an action, usually one of a negative nature

    colloquial · masculine · with-definite-article
    Ele falou o diabo sobre seus inimigos.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese diaboo, displacing the collateral forms diabre, diabro and diablo, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (“devil”) (probably borrowed as a semi-learned term), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”). Doublet of diabolô and diábolo.

noun/d͡ʒiˈa.bu/Brazil/ˈd͡ʒja.bu/Brazil/diˈa.bu/Portugal[diˈa.βu]Portugal
  1. evil or perverse person

    masculine
  2. mischievous person

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese diaboo, displacing the collateral forms diabre, diabro and diablo, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (“devil”) (probably borrowed as a semi-learned term), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”). Doublet of diabolô and diábolo.

intj/d͡ʒiˈa.bu/Brazil/ˈd͡ʒja.bu/Brazil/diˈa.bu/Portugal[diˈa.βu]Portugal
  1. Expresses anger, irritation or disappointment; damn!

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese diaboo, displacing the collateral forms diabre, diabro and diablo, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (“devil”) (probably borrowed as a semi-learned term), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”). Doublet of diabolô and diábolo.

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