diabo

See also: Diabo

Portuguese

diabo

Alternative forms

• diá, diabro, diacho, dianho, dienho

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.bu/ [d͡ʒɪˈa.bu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.bu/ [d͡ʒɪˈa.bu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.bo/ [d͡ʒɪˈa.bo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈa.bu/ [diˈa.βu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdja.bu/ [ˈdja.βu]

• Rhymes: -abu
• Homophone: Diabo
• Hyphenation: di‧a‧bo

Noun

diabo m (plural diabos)

1. (religion, fiction) devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)

   Synonyms: demo, demónio, diabalma, capeta, capiroto

2. (colloquial, with definite article) used to emphasise the extent of an action, usually one of a negative nature

   Ele falou o diabo sobre seus inimigos.

   He said a lot of crap about his enemies.

Noun

diabo m (plural diabos, feminine diaba or diáboa, feminine plural diabas or diáboas)

1. an evil or perverse person

   Synonyms: demo, demónio

2. a mischievous person

Derived terms

• diabalma
• diabão (augmentative)
• diabinho (diminutive)
• diabo-da-tasmânia
• diabo-marinho
• diabozinho (diminutive)
• diabrete (diminutive)
• o que diabos
• peixe-diabo
• por que diabos
• que diabo
• que diabos

 

Related terms

• diabólico
• diabolismo
• diabolô
• endiabrado
• endiabrar

 

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: diaabo

Interjection

diabo!

1. (offensive, blasphemous) damn! (expresses anger, irritation or disappointment)

   Synonyms: bosta, diabos, diacho, droga, merda, porcaria

Usage notes

• Thought to be more blasphemous in the Portugal whilst less blasphemous in the Brazil, Angola and Moçambique.