Spanyol | Angol |
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diablo noun {f} | crowbar(iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart) |
diablo noun {m} | devil [devils](evil creature) fiend [fiends](demon) |
diablo proper noun {m} | devil(the devil: the chief devil) |
diablo de Tasmania noun {m} | Tasmanian devil [Tasmanian devils](Sarcophilus harrisii) |
diablos interjection | damn(non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) |
abogado del diablo noun {m} | devil's advocate(debater) |
caballito del diablo noun {m} | damselfly(insect) |
como alma que lleva el diablo adjective | breakneck(dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) |
cuando el diablo no tiene qué hacer phrase | idle hands are the devil's workshop(One who is idle will likely come to do evil) |
el diablo está en los detalles phrase | devil is in the details(specific provisions of something may be complicated) |
irse al diablo verb | go to the dogs(idiomatic: to decline or deteriorate) |
más vale diablo conocido que por conocer phrase | better the devil you know than the devil you don't know(something bad and familiar is better than something bad and unknown) |
patín del diablo noun {m} | scooter [scooters](foot-propelled vehicle) |
pepinillo del diablo noun {m} | squirting cucumber(Ecballium elaterium) |
qué diablos phrase | what the fuck(An intensive form of what) what the hell(an intensive form of what) |
servir a Dios y al diablo verb | run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(support both sides of an argument) |
tentar al diablo verb | tempt fate(To take an extreme risk) |
vete al diablo noun | screw you(a slightly politer version of "fuck you") |