duende

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish duende and (especially in reference to Portuguese or Brazilian folklore) Portuguese duende. Doublet of duwende. === Noun === duende (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 === Dundee, denude, dudeen, endued == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish duende (“dwarf”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdwende/, [ˈd̪wẽn̪.d̪e] Hyphenation: duen‧de === Noun === duende dwarf == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdʉːən(d)ə/ 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 === Rhymes: -ẽd͡ʒi, -ẽdɨ 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 (by extension) Christmas elf (an elf that assists Santa Claus with the making, wrapping, delivery, etc., of presents) ==== Usage notes ==== This term is commonly used in fiction to translate the name of various creatures such as imps, gnomes and goblins. ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “duende”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “duende”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited 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 (by extension, fiction) goblin, leprechaun, gnome, 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 ==== ==== 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) ==== See also ==== trasgo === Further reading === “duende”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025