diavolo

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -avolo
  • Hyphenation: dià‧vo‧lo

Noun

diavolo m (plural diavoli)

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

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • diavolo orsino
  • diavolo spinoso
  • indiavolarsi

Interjection

diavolo

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

Synonyms
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