duende
English
Etymology
Spanish duende and (especially in reference to Portuguese or Brazilian folklore) Portuguese duende. Doublet of duwende.
Noun
duende (plural duendes)
- A small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese), Latin American, and Philippine folklore/mythology; an imp.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:duende.
- Personal charm. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Anagrams
- Dundee, denude, dudeen, endued
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʉːən(d)ə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -əndə, -ənə
- Hyphenation: du‧en‧de
- Homophone: duene
Verb
duende
- present participle of due
Anagrams
- dudende
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa (“house master”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /duˈẽ.d͡ʒi/ [dʊˈẽ.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwẽ.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /duˈẽ.de/ [dʊˈẽ.de], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwẽ.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdwẽ.d(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: du‧en‧de
Noun
duende m (plural duendes)
- (Iberian folklore) a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents
- (by extension, fiction) any small fictional humanoid, especially a mischievous or evil one
Usage notes
- This term is commonly used in fiction to translate the name of various creatures such as imps, gnomes and goblins.
See also
- trasgo
Spanish
FWOTD – 29 March 2016
Etymology
From Old Spanish duen de casa (“master of the house”). Compare Sicilian donni di casa. See more at dueño.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdwende/ [ˈd̪wẽn̪.d̪e]
- Rhymes: -ende
- Syllabification: duen‧de
Noun
duende m (plural duendes)
- (Iberian folklore) a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents
- (Can we date this quote?), Raquel Cachafeiro Gil, El Duende de la Navidad, →ISBN, page 4:
- El duende de la Navidad vive en las ramas del manzano, pasa el tiempo subiendo y bajando, atareado con unir la luz del sol a la tierra y otras tareas similares. Cada año, en el invierno, se asoma a las ramas y mira a las estrellas y ve caer la […]
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- (by extension, fiction) goblin, leprechaun, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, gremlin, hobgoblin
- Synonyms: elfo, hada, gnomo
- (by extension) charisma (the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm)
- Synonym: carisma
- (by extension) charm, magic
- Synonyms: encanto, embrujo, magia
Derived terms
- duendecillo
Descendants
- → Cebuano: dewende
- → Chamorro: duendes
- → English: duende
- → Portuguese: duende
- → Russian: дуэ́нде (duénde)
- → Tagalog: duwende, dwende; duende; duwinde
- → English: duwende
- → Ukrainian: дуе́нде (duénde)
See also
- trasgo
Further reading
- “duende”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014