diabro

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese diabro, a variant of diaboo.

Noun

diabro m (plural diabros)

  1. Obsolete form of diabo.

Usage notes

This form survives as a root in some derived terms: diabrura (“devilry”), endiabrar (“to infuriate”), diabrete (“imp”).

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