diablillo
Spanish, noun/djaˈbliʝo/
diablillo is spelled D-I-A-B-L-I-L-L-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 91,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diablillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “diminutive of diablo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Diminutivo de diablo”.
What does diablillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of diablo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diminutivo de diablo. 2. Ser mitológico similar a un extraterrestre, hada, gremlin, ñomo, hibagon o demonio, con frecuencia se describen en el folklore y la superstición 3. El que se viste de diablo en las procesiones del Corpus o en carnaval. 4. Persona aguda y enredadora.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of diablillo
- diablillos plural
- diablilla feminine
- diablillas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diablillo?
- /djaˈbliʝo/
- [d̪jaˈβ̞li.ʝo]
- [d̪jaˈβ̞liʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diablillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diablillo in Spanish?
diablillo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).