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

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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The Nayarit plaintiffs say they endured torture, death threats and extortion during El Diablo’s reign of terror.

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During his nine-year law enforcement career, Veytia said, he pocketed about $1 million in kickbacks, along with gifts, including Rolex watches, from traffickers — who dubbed him El Diablo — Veytia admitted being “responsible” for the murders of 10 “or more” people and the torture of dozens of others utilizing various methods — sometimes electric shocks, sometimes waterboarding.

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