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1 to play devil's advocate
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2 to play the devil's advocate
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3 devil
'devl1) (the spirit of evil; Satan: He does not worship God - he worships the Devil.) demonio, diablo2) (any evil or wicked spirit or person: That woman is a devil!) demonio3) (a person who is bad or disapproved of: She's a lazy devil.) diablo, demonio4) (an unfortunate person for whom one feels pity: Poor devils! I feel really sorry for them.) pobre diablodevil n diablotr['devəl]1 (Satan, evil spirit) diablo, demonio■ you lucky devil! ¡qué suerte tienes!■ what the devil are you doing? ¿qué diablos estás haciendo?\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLbetter the devil you know (than the devil you don't) más vale malo conocido (que bueno por conocer)between the devil and the deep blue sea entre la espada y la paredtalk/speak of the devil! ¡hablando del rey de Roma!to be a devil atreverse■ go on, be a devil! ¡anda, atrévete!to play devil's advocate hacer de abogado,-a del diablo————————tr['devəl]1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL cocer en una salsa picante1) : sazonar con picante y especias2) pester: molestardevil n1) satan: el diablo, Satanás m2) demon: diablo m, demonio m3) fiend: persona f diabólica; malvado m, -da fn.• demonio s.m.• demontre s.m.• diablo s.m.• diantre s.m.• maldito s.m.• mengue s.m.• pateta s.f.• tentador s.m.'devḷ1)a) ( Relig) diablo m, demonio mspeak o talk of the devil... — hablando del rey de Roma...
(the) devil take the hindmost — sálvese quien pueda!
to be (caught) between the devil and the deep blue sea — estar* entre la espada y la pared
b) ( evil spirit) demonio m2) (colloq) (in intensifying phrases)who/what/where the devil... ? — ¿quién/qué/dónde demonios or diablos... ? (fam)
3) (colloq) ( person)['devl]go on, be a devil, have another one! — (BrE) anda, cómete otro, no seas tonto!
1. N1) (=evil spirit) demonio m, diablo mgo to the devil! ** — ¡vete al diablo! **, ¡vete a la porra! (Sp) *
the devil take it! — † ¡que se lo lleve el diablo!
devils on horseback — ciruelas pasas envueltas en beicon servidas sobre pan tostado
- be between the devil and the deep blue sea- give the devil his due- play the devil with- play the devil's advocate- raise the devilluck2) * (=person) demonio mpoor devil — pobre diablo, pobrecito(-a) m / f
go on, be a devil! — ¡anda, atrévete or lánzate!
you little devil! — ¡qué diablillo or malo eres!
3) * (as intensifier)the devil it is! — ¡qué demonio!
it was the devil of a job to do! — ¡menudo trabajo que (me) costó!
we had the devil of a job or the devil's own job to find it — nos costó horrores encontrarlo
to work/run like the devil — trabajar/correr como un descosido
how/what/why/who the devil...? — ¿cómo/qué/por qué/quién demonios...?
4) (Jur) aprendiz m (de abogado); (Typ) aprendiz m de imprenta2. VT1) [+ meat] asar con mucho picante2) (US) * fastidiar3.VIto devil for — (Jur) trabajar de aprendiz para
4.CPDdevil worship N — satanismo m
devil's food cake N — (US) pastel de chocolate
* * *['devḷ]1)a) ( Relig) diablo m, demonio mspeak o talk of the devil... — hablando del rey de Roma...
(the) devil take the hindmost — sálvese quien pueda!
to be (caught) between the devil and the deep blue sea — estar* entre la espada y la pared
b) ( evil spirit) demonio m2) (colloq) (in intensifying phrases)who/what/where the devil... ? — ¿quién/qué/dónde demonios or diablos... ? (fam)
3) (colloq) ( person)go on, be a devil, have another one! — (BrE) anda, cómete otro, no seas tonto!
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4 devil
s.1 diablo, demonio, Mefistófeles, carracuca.what the devil are you doing? ¿qué diablos o demonios estás haciendo?how the devil…? ¿cómo diablos o demonios…?we had a devil of a job moving it sudamos tinta para moverlohe's a bit of a devil no se corta un pelo (daring, reckless)go on, be a devil! (familiar) ¡venga pues, date el gusto!to be (caught) between the devil and the deep blue sea estar entre la espada y la paredtalk of the devil… hablando del rey de Roma…better the devil you know (than the devil you don't) (Prov) más vale lo malo conocido (que lo bueno por conocer)(to play) devil's advocate (hacer de) abogado del diablo4 diabla.5 aprendiz de abogado.v.sazonar con picante. (pt & pp deviled o devilled)
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play devil's advocate — to pretend to be against an idea or plan which a lot of people support in order to make people discuss it in more detail and think about it more carefully. I don t think he was really in favour of getting rid of the scheme, he was just playing… … New idioms dictionary
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