duende
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish duende and (especially in reference to Portuguese or Brazilian folklore) Portuguese duende. Doublet of duwende.
Noun
editduende (countable and uncountable, 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.
- (art) Heightened inspiration or passion, especially in flamenco.
- Personal charm. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editPronunciation
editVerb
editduende
- present participle of due
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa (“house master”).
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: du‧en‧de
Noun
editduende 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
edit- This term is commonly used in fiction to translate the name of various creatures such as imps, gnomes and goblins.
See also
editSpanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish duen de casa (“master of the house”). Compare Sicilian donni di casa. See more at dueño.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editduende 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) goblin, leprechaun, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, gremlin, hobgoblin
- (by extension) charisma (the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm)
- Synonym: carisma
- (by extension) charm, magic
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → 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)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “duende”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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