diantres

Spanish

Etymology

Alteration of diablo (“devil”).

Adverb

diantres

1. the heck, the devil (for emphasis after a question word)

   ¿Qué diantres?

   What the heck?

Noun

diantres m pl

1. plural of diantre

Further reading

• “diantre, o diantres”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28