diablo

[dee-ah-bloh, dyah-]

noun

plural

diablos 

1. Spanish for “devil.”

adjective

1. diable.

   recipes for salsa diablo.

Word History and Origins

Origin of diablo¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

Musk unwound by playing one of his favorite videogames, Diablo, for long stretches in his office.

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The state closed all but one of its coal plants and all nuclear facilities except the Diablo Canyon plant.

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He went by the nicknames “Klepto” and “Diablo,” and had recently been jumped into 18th Street, a large street gang.

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Diablo Circle when she suddenly felt something heavy on her leg, when she looked down she saw it — a squirrel.

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“This is not a joke, more than five people have been attacked by a very mean squirrel over past several days on Diablo Circle and Mount Lassen,” the flier read.

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