Diablo

See also: diablo and diabló

English

Etymology

From Spanish diablo (devil).

Noun

Diablo (plural Diablos)

  1. A sports car made by the Italian manufacturer Lamborghini.
  2. A Diablo wind.
    • 1998 02, McCormack's Guides, Incorporated, Marin, Napa, and Sonoma, McCormack's Guides, →ISBN:
      [] 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  []
    • 2016 March 31, Stephen J. Pyne, California: A Fire Survey, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 161:
      [] 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 []

Proper noun

Diablo

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

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

See diablo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjablo/ [ˈd̪ja.β̞lo]
  • Rhymes: -ablo
  • Syllabification: Dia‧blo
  • Homophone: diablo

Proper noun

Diablo m

  1. (Christianity) Satan; the Devil
    Synonyms: chamuco, Demonio, Lucifer, Satanás, Satán