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diablo

diablo noun: the Devil or a devil.

Noun (1)

diablo (plural diablos)

  1. (Southwestern, US) The Devil or a devil.

Adjective

diablo (not comparable)

  1. (postpositional, sometimes) Synonym of diable (“flavored with hot spices/sauces”).
    • a diablo pizza
    • a diablo burger
    Synonyms:
    diable

Noun (2) capitalized: Diablo

Diablo (plural Diablos)

  1. A sports car made by the Italian manufacturer Lamborghini.
  2. A Diablo wind.
    • […]a Diablo Wind. A Diablo was responsible for the great Oakland-Berkeley fire of 1991. Earlier in this century Mill Valley in Marin County and Berkeley lost whole neighborhoods to northeaster fires. The winds are short in duration […]1998 02, McCormack's Guides, Incorporated, Marin, Napa, and Sonoma, McCormack's Guides, →ISBN
    • […]a Diablo wind drove flames through the Berkeley Hills and into the campus of the University of California. Some 3,100 acres and 584 houses burned. Ten years later a Diablo-driven fire scorched a thousand acres and five homes. In 1946[…]2016 March 31, Stephen J. Pyne, California: A Fire Survey, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 161

Proper noun capitalized: Diablo

Diablo

  1. A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

Synonyms of diablo

Forms of diablo

pluraldiablos
pluralDiablos

Plural of diablo: diablos

Origin of diablo

Borrowed from Spanish diablo (“devil”). Doublet of diabolo, devil, diable, and diabolus.

Borrowed from Spanish diablo (“devil”).

Phrases with diablo

Questions about diablo

What does diablo mean?
Diablo means the Devil or a devil.
What part of speech is diablo?
Diablo can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the plural of diablo?
The plural of diablo is diablos.

Words near diablo in the dictionary

  1. diable
  2. diablerie
  3. diableries
  4. diablery
  5. diables
  6. diablo
  7. Diablo Grande
  8. Diablo wind
  9. Diablo winds
  10. Diabloer
  11. Diabloers

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