diablo

/ˈdjablo/, [ˈd̪ja.β̞lo]

devil

Examples

No le quiero vender mi alma al diablo.

I don't want to sell my soul to the devil.

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Yo pienso que el diablo no existe, sino que le ha creado el hombre, le ha creado a su imagen y semejanza.

I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

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Cuando Dios parece estar muy cerca, el Diablo nunca está lejos.

Where God seems very close, the Devil is never far away.

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No dibujes al diablo en las paredes.

Don’t paint the devil on the wall.

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El corazón del hombre es el lugar donde mora el diablo; a veces noto un infierno dentro de mí.

The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself.

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El diablo nos enseña a hacer sus trucos, pero no a ocultarlos.

The devil teaches us his tricks but not how to hide them.

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Corrí como el diablo.

I ran like lightning.

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El diablo se oculta en la sala de clases.

The devil is hiding in the classroom.

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Para un tipo saludable y alegre como él enfermarse es como si el diablo tuviera insolación. Todos están hablando de ello.

For a healthy cheerful guy like that to get sick is like the devil getting sunstroke. Everyone is talking about it.

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Cuanto más tiene el diablo, más quiere tener.

The more the devil has, the more he wants.

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Hasta el diablo llora.

Even the hard-hearted can be moved to tears.

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Tom es el diablo.

Tom is the devil.

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No invoques al diablo, porque puede aparecer.

Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

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El diablo no es tan feo como lo pintan.

The devil is not so black as he is painted.

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La pereza es el diván del diablo.

Idleness is the devil's workshop.

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En el pasado, los hombres se vendían a sí mismos al Diablo para adquirir poderes mágicos. Hoy en día adquieren estos poderes de la ciencia, y se ven forzados a transformarse en demonios.

In former days, men sold themselves to the Devil to acquire magical powers. Nowadays they acquire those powers from science, and find themselves compelled to become devils.

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A este paso, incluso las películas independientes jamás alcanzarán un verdadero entendimiento del romance y las relaciones, así que al diablo con las películas, vayamos a cenar.

At this rate, even independent film will never reach a true understanding of romance and relationships, so to hell with the movies, let's have dinner.

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El diablo me obligó a hacerlo.

The Devil made me do it.

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Al diablo con vuestros problemas.

To hell with your problems.

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¿Le vendiste tu alma al diablo y no recibiste nada a cambio? ¿¡Qué tienes en la cabeza!?

You sold your soul to the devil and didn't get anything in return? What's wrong with you!?

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