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.
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa (“house master”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /duˈẽ.d͡ʒi/, /ˈdwẽ.d͡ʒi/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /duˈẽ.de/, /ˈdwẽ.de/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /duˈẽ.dɨ/, /ˈdwẽ.dɨ/
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.
See also
Usage notes
- This term is commonly used in fiction to translate the name of various creatures such as imps, gnomes and goblins.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish duen de casa (“master of the house”). See more at dueño.
Pronunciation
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 […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (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
See also
Descendants
- → Cebuano: dewende
- → Chamorro: duendes
- → English: duende
- → Portuguese: duende
- → Russian: дуэ́нде (duénde)
- → Tagalog: duwende, dwende — nonstandard; duende; duwinde; ruwinri — dialectal, Rizal, rare
- → English: duwende
- → Ukrainian: дуе́нде (duénde)
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