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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Spanish duende and (especially in reference to Portuguese or Brazilian folklore) Portuguese duende. Doublet of duwende.
Noun[edit]
duende (plural duendes)
- A small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese), Latin American, and Philippine folklore/mythology; an imp.
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:duende.
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa (“house master”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /duˈẽ.d͡ʒi/, /ˈdwẽ.d͡ʒi/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /duˈẽ.de/, /ˈdwẽ.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /duˈẽ.dɨ/, /ˈdwẽ.dɨ/
Noun[edit]
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
See also[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
- This term is commonly used in fiction to translate the name of various creatures such as imps, gnomes and goblins.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish duen de casa (“master of the house”). See more at dueño.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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 […]
- (by extension, fiction) elf, imp
- (by extension) charisma (the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm)
- Synonym: carisma
- (by extension) charm, magic
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Cebuano: dewende
- → Chamorro: duendes
- → English: duende
- → Portuguese: duende
- → Russian: дуэ́нде (duénde)
- → Tagalog: duwende
- → English: duwende
- → Ukrainian: дуе́нде (duénde)
References[edit]
- “duende” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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