INFERO - hell

1. "Ĉe la antikvuloj, subtera loko, kie loĝis la animoj, bonaj aŭ malbonaj, de la mortintoj" - For the ancients, an underground place where the good or bad spirits of the dead lived.

"Hadeso estis la dio de la infero (submondo)." - Hades was the god of hell (the underworld).

Note: This definition refers to the mythical Greek underworld, that's why it talks about 'good and bad' people going there... I'm not an expert on this, but it seems 'hell' was sometimes used in place of 'underworld' in this context...

2. "Loko, kie kondamnitaj animoj de la pekuloj suferas eternan punon" - A place, where the condemned spirits of sinners suffer eternal punishment.

Vi iros en la inferon, se vi estos malbona! - You will go to hell if you are bad.
En infero loĝante, kun diabloj ne disputu. - [When] living in hell, don't argue with the devils.
Donaco nesincera estas donaco infera. - An insincere gift is a hellish gift.

3. Loko, situacio, en kiu oni forte suferas - A place or situation in which one suffers terribly (lit. strongly)

Mia vivo estas vera infero! - My life is a real hell!
Mi ne povas ekdormi pro tiu infera bruo. - I can't fall asleep because of that hellish/infernal noise.

Chainy, you're doing some awesome work with these threads. You might want to think about posting in the established English word of the day thread, so we can have them all in one place. The threads are here: http://en.lernu.net/komunikado/forumo/temo.php?t...