duende
duende noun: a small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese), Latin American, and Philippine folklore/mythology; an imp.
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.
- Heightened inspiration or passion, especially in flamenco.
- 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.1998, Federico García Lorca, Norman Thomas Di Giovanni, In Search of Duende, New Directions, →ISBN, page VIII, →ISBN
- Personal charm.
duende meaning in Tamil and Bengali
duende in Tamil
- ஆவி ஆர்வலர்
duende in Bengali
- মোহনীয় আবেদন
Forms of duende
| plural | duendes |
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Origin of duende
Borrowed from Spanish duende and (especially in reference to Portuguese or Brazilian folklore) Portuguese duende. Doublet of duwende.
Questions about duende
- What does duende mean?
- Duende means a small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese), Latin American, and Philippine folklore/mythology; an imp.
- What is duende in Tamil?
- Duende in Tamil is ஆவி ஆர்வலர். See Duende meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is duende?
- Duende is a noun.
- What is the plural of duende?
- The plural of duende is duendes.
Words near duende in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: duende (page history and authors); duende (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); duende (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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