# duende
## English

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### 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.
** 1998, Federico García Lorca, Norman Thomas Di Giovanni, In Search of Duende‎, New Directions, →ISBN, page VIII, →ISBN:The duende is a momentary burst of inspiration, the blush of all that is truly alive, all that the performer is creating at a certain moment.
* Personal charm. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

### Anagrams

* Dundee, denude, dudeen, endued

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /duˈẽ.d͡ʒi/ [dʊˈẽ.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwẽ.d͡ʒi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /duˈẽ.d͡ʒi/ [dʊˈẽ.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwẽ.d͡ʒi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /duˈẽ.de/ [dʊˈẽ.de], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwẽ.de/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdwẽ.dɨ/
* 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
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish duen de casa (“master of the house”). Compare Sicilian donni di casa. See more at dueño.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 […](please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (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 — 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10