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diavol
devil /diˈavol/
noun#1538 most common
Also: demon, fiend, mischievous person
Example sentences
Diavolul este rău.
The devil is bad.
Copiii se sperie de poveștile cu diavolul.
Children get scared of stories about the devil.
Ea zâmbește ca un mic diavol când pune la cale o glumă.
She smiles like a little devil when she's plotting a joke.
Bătrânul spunea că diavolul se ascunde în cele mai mici detalii ale unei înțelegeri.
The old man said the devil hides in the smallest details of an agreement.
Scriitorul a zugrăvit personajul ca pe un diavol seducător, capabil să corupă orice suflet curat.
The writer portrayed the character as a seductive devil, capable of corrupting any pure soul.
În teologia creștină, diavolul nu este conceput ca o forță egală cu Dumnezeu, ci ca o creatură căzută, lipsită de puterea de a crea.
In Christian theology, the devil is not conceived as a force equal to God, but as a fallen creature, devoid of the power to create.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | diavol | diavoli |
| Genitive | diavolului | diavolilor |
| Accusative | diavol | diavoli |
| Vocative | diavole | diavolilor |
Word family
diavolițăshe-devil, a fierce or cunning woman
diavolescdevilish, fiendish
diavoleștein a devilish or mischievous way
diabolicdiabolical (a separate, more learned borrowing from the same Latin root)
Etymology
Diavol descends from Latin diabolus, itself borrowed from Greek diábolos, meaning slanderer or accuser. The Greek word comes from diaballein, to throw across or to defame, built from dia- (across) and ballein (to throw). Romanian inherited the word through the same Latin channel that gave Italian, Spanish, and French their forms.
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