"diavolo" meaning in Italian

See diavolo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈdja.vo.lo/, /diˈa.vo.lo/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-diavolo.wav
Rhymes: -avolo Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (possibly semi-learned), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos). Etymology templates: {{der|it|EL.|-}} Ecclesiastical Latin, {{der|it|LL.|diabolus}} Late Latin diabolus, {{der|it|grc|διάβολος}} Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos) Head templates: {{head|it|interjection}} diavolo
  1. the devil, the heck, the dickens, the deuce Synonyms (heck/dickens): cavolo
    Sense id: en-diavolo-it-intj-PDZ~Uizk Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 12 39 12 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 4 15 21 14 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 3 13 19 14 0 Disambiguation of 'heck/dickens': 97 0 3
  2. damn!, blast! (diavolo!) Synonyms (damn): accidenti!
    Sense id: en-diavolo-it-intj-y9D0GF4s Disambiguation of 'damn': 0 100 0
  3. you bet!, rather! (diavolo!) Synonyms (you bet): magari!
    Sense id: en-diavolo-it-intj-BUHfJPaf Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 12 39 12 0 Disambiguation of 'you bet': 4 0 96

Noun

IPA: /ˈdja.vo.lo/, /diˈa.vo.lo/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-diavolo.wav Forms: diavoli [plural], diavolétto [diminutive], diavolìno [diminutive], diavolóne [augmentative], diavolàccio [pejorative], diavolùccio [derogatory]
Rhymes: -avolo Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (possibly semi-learned), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos). Etymology templates: {{der|it|EL.|-}} Ecclesiastical Latin, {{der|it|LL.|diabolus}} Late Latin diabolus, {{der|it|grc|διάβολος}} Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos) Head templates: {{it-noun|m|aug=diavolóne|derog=diavolùccio|dim=diavolétto,diavolìno|pej=diavolàccio}} diavolo m (plural diavoli, diminutive diavolétto or diavolìno, augmentative diavolóne, pejorative diavolàccio, derogatory diavolùccio)
  1. devil, demon, fiend, Satan Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-diavolo-it-noun-RYUzVJwe Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 12 39 12 0
  2. devil, devilish person (evil person) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-diavolo-it-noun-UeOvnERt Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 12 39 12 0 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 22 1 15 25 36 0
  3. sort, devil (man) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-diavolo-it-noun-Ls323eBe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: diavola, diavoleria, diavolesco, diavolessa, diavoletto, diavolino, diavolio, diavolo di mare, diavolo orsino, diavolo spinoso, indiavolarsi

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "diavolio"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/diˈa.vo.lo/"
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          "_dis1": "97 0 3",
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
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        "you bet!, rather! (diavolo!)"
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          "you bet",
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 96",
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      "word": "diavoleria"
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      "word": "diavolesco"
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      "word": "diavolessa"
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      "word": "diavolio"
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      "word": "diavolo di mare"
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        {
          "english": "what the devil are you doing?",
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        "damn!, blast! (diavolo!)"
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          "blast",
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      "glosses": [
        "you bet!, rather! (diavolo!)"
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        [
          "you bet",
          "you bet"
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          "rather",
          "rather"
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      "ipa": "/ˈdja.vo.lo/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/diˈa.vo.lo/"
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    {
      "sense": "heck/dickens",
      "word": "cavolo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "damn",
      "word": "accidenti!"
    },
    {
      "sense": "you bet",
      "word": "magari!"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diavolo"
}

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