B2verb · intransitive · common

devil

dev·il

devil · devils · deviled / devilled · deviling

дістати, отримувати, діставати

получить, достать, получать

ärgern, aufbringen, reizen, plagen

To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devilTo make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

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/ˈdɛvəl/

» What the devil are you doing?

Was, zum Teufel, tust du?

Что, чёрт возьми, ты делаешь?

Що ти, в біса, робиш?

Що ти, до біса, робиш?!

Meaning

8 senses

To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
To annoy or bother.
reizen, ärgern, aufbringen
(intransitive)To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
To ghostwrite; to author while working as a ‘devil’.
To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy
To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:
To finely grind (cooked ham or other meat) with spices and condiments.
To prepare (shelled halved boiled eggs, as a sidedish) by removing the yolks, adding condiments and spices to them, and placing that mixture back into (the halved eggs' whites) to be served.
She's going to devil four dozen eggs for the picnic.
To shred fabric into its fibres for recycling, as in the production of mungo or shoddy.

More definitions

coat or stuff with a spicy paste
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Examples

342 sentences

What the devil are you doing?
Що ти, в біса, робиш? — marko
ruЧто, чёрт возьми, ты делаешь? — marafon
deWas, zum Teufel, tust du? — landano
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The devil made you do it.
Диявол примусив тебе це зробити. — deniko
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The man sold his soul to the devil.
Ця людина продала душу дияволу. — Internecivus
ruЭтот человек продал душу дьяволу. — ae5s
deDer Mann verkaufte dem Teufel seine Seele. — xtofu80
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The devil made me do it.
deDer Teufel hat mich dazu gezwungen. — Waldelfe
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
ruДьявол, которого ты знаешь, лучше дьявола, которого ты не знаешь. — marafon
deDer Teufel, den du kennst, ist besser als der Teufel, den du nicht kennst. — jr
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Translations

1 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

annoy or bother:

Origin

From Middle English devil, devel, deovel, from Old English dēofol, from Proto-West Germani

From Middle English devil, devel, deovel, from Old English dēofol, from Proto-West Germanic *diubul, from Latin diabolus, ultimately from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “false accuser, slanderer”), also as "Satan" (in Jewish/Christian usage, translating Biblical Hebrew שָׂטָן (śātān)), from διαβάλλω (diabállō, “to slander”), literally “to throw across”, from διά (diá, “through, across”) + βάλλω (bállō, “throw”). The Old English word was probably adopted under influence of Latin diabolus (itself from the Greek). Other Germanic languages adopted the word independently: compare Saterland Frisian Düüwel (“devil”), West Frisian duvel (“devil”), Dutch duivel, duvel (“devil”), German Low German Düvel (“devil”), German Teufel (“devil”), Bavarian Teifl (“devil”), Danish djævel (“devil”), Swedish djävul (“devil”) (older: djefvul, Old Swedish diævul, Old Norse djǫfull). Doublet of diable, diablo, and diabolus.

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