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Meaning of "duende" in the Portuguese dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DUENDE IN PORTUGUESE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUENDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Duende is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DUENDE MEAN IN PORTUGUESE?

Elf

Elves are characters from European mythology, particularly in the Iberian peninsula, similar to Fairies and Goblins. Although its characteristics vary a little by Spain and Portugal, they are analogous to Scottish brownies, Danish-Norwegian Nisse, French lutin and nain rouge, Irish cluricauns, Leprechauns and Far Darrig, to manx fenodyree and Mooinjer Veggey, to the Welsh tylwyth teg , the Swedish Tomte and the Galician-Portuguese goblins. The word is usually considered equivalent to the English word "Sprite", or the Japanese word Youkai, and is used indiscriminately as an umbrella term to house all similar creatures like Goblins, Elves, Elves, Gnomes, etc. Some myths say that Goblins take over a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow; If captured, the goblin could buy his freedom with that gold. Other legends say that to fool men, he makes a gold-like substance that disappears some time later. In this case they are called Leprechauns. In today's culture, generally the elves are represented by green beings, of which the symbol is clover, related to good luck.

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DUENDE

Esposende · Ostende · Resende · abstende · atende · catende · contende · dende · detende · ende · entretende · mantende · moquendequende · mulende · muquende · nende · obtende · porende · retende · tende

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUENDE

ductilidade · ductilizar · ductilímetro · ductilíssimo · ducto · ductor · dudongo · duelar · duelista · duelo · duenha · duerno · duetista · dueto · dufrenita · duftita · dugão · dugongídeo · dugongo · duidade

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT END LIKE DUENDE

alvende · aonde · bonde · brinde · conde · donde · grande · lande · libripende · linde · mocendecende · muculuvende · musendesende · onde · sande · sinalpende · sustende · unde · vinde · visconde

Synonyms and antonyms of duende in the Portuguese dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DUENDE» IN PORTUGUESE

The following Portuguese words have a similar or identical meaning as «duende» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «duende» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DUENDE

Find out the translation of duende to 25 languages with our Portuguese multilingual translator.

The translations of duende from Portuguese to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «duende» in Portuguese.
zh

Translator Portuguese - Chinese

小精灵
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator Portuguese - Spanish

Duende
570 millions of speakers
en

Translator Portuguese - English

elf
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator Portuguese - Hindi

योगिनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Portuguese - Arabic

قزم
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator Portuguese - Russian

эльф
278 millions of speakers
pt

Portuguese

duende
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator Portuguese - Bengali

পরী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator Portuguese - French

elfe
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator Portuguese - Malay

elf
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator Portuguese - German

elf
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator Portuguese - Japanese

エルフ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator Portuguese - Korean

꼬마 요정
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator Portuguese - Javanese

Elf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Portuguese - Vietnamese

thần
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator Portuguese - Tamil

தெய்வம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator Portuguese - Marathi

केसांचा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator Portuguese - Turkish

cin
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator Portuguese - Italian

elfo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator Portuguese - Polish

elf
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator Portuguese - Ukrainian

ельф
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator Portuguese - Romanian

elf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Portuguese - Greek

ξωτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Portuguese - Afrikaans

elf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Portuguese - Swedish

elf
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Portuguese - Norwegian

elf
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of duende

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUENDE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of duende
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our Portuguese online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «duende».

Examples of use in the Portuguese literature, quotes and news about duende

EXAMPLES

10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «DUENDE»

Discover the use of duende in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to duende and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
1
Duende: A Journey In Search Of Flamenco
Duende is an account of his years spent in Spain feeding his obsessive interest in flamenco: he subjects himself to the tyranny of his guitar teacher, practising for hours on end until his fingers bleed; he becomes involved in a passionate ...
Jason Webster, 2010
2
Duende: poems
Every poem is the story of itself.
Tracy K. Smith, 2007
3
In Search of Duende
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. The duende resembles what Goethe called the "demoniacal." It manifests itself principally among musicians ...
Federico García Lorca, Christopher Maurer, 1998
4
A Bat Man in the Tropics: Chasing El Duende
Yet euphoria is rarely expressed in scientific publications. This book, a personal account of more than thirty years of fieldwork by one of the world’s leading bat biologists, wonderfully conveys the thrill of scientific discovery.
Theodore Fleming, 2003
5
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion: L-Z
The body is important in duende; Lorca quotes an unnamed virtuosic guitarist describing duende as climbing up from the soles of the feet. Resonating in the body, the singing comes from the chest and belly, not the throat. Duende's black ...
David A. Leeming, Kathryn Madden, Stanton Marlan, 2009
6
Cartografias da cultura e da violência: gangues, galeras e o ...
Vou mandar fazer um duende fumando maconha (Integrante da Galera da Quadra). Essa outra aqui é um rato pegando um baseado, deitado em cima de um cogumelo. E que ele tá muito doido. O rato é aperfeiçoado (Integrante da Galera da ...
Glória Maria dos Santos Diógenes, 1998
7
Sete Faces Humanas
... pois o marido chegara mais tarde em casa e ela precisava servir-lhe o jantar, antes de ir pra escola. Uma noite, assistindo a uma aula de Ciências sobre destilação, olhava a professora como se tivesse sido encantada por um duende.
GUACIRA GIL
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The Poetics of Apocalypse: Federico García Lorca's Poet in ...
3 Lorca develops an extraordinary antitheoretical theory about negation in his lecture "Play and Theory of the Duende,"4 whose title conjoins theory and play in order to address both artistic technique and "true" inspiration. In under twenty ...
Martha Nandorfy, 2003
9
The Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca
He called it duende, the demonic inspiration, something akin to what Nietzsche described as the Dionysian urge. The idea of the duende, and the mystery that surrounds it, came to signify for Lorca the essence of what he hoped to be guided  ...
Federico García Lorca, Francisco García Lorca, Donald Merriam Allen, 2005
10
EL ERMITAÑO y el DUENDE
El polvo de oro toma forma y el Duende aparece. “Buen día a usted, Sr. Marks. Veo que todavía estás en una sola pieza”, dice el Duende. “Y buen día a usted, Sr. O'Brien. Sí, Sr. O'Brien, estoy todavía en una pieza”, replica el ermitaño, ...
Antonio Angleró, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUENDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term duende is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Duende aparece em vídeo caseiro na Argentina; Será mesmo …
O vídeo pertence ao usuário “Salmones” e foi enviado ao Youtube em abril deste ano. Assista (o duende aparece nos segundos 9 e 29 no vídeo): ... «Brasil Post, Oct 15»
2
Eleitor brasileiro acredita em Papai Noel, duende e financiamento …
E o eleitor que acredita em Papai Noel e duende também acredita em financiamento empresarial. O termo talvez esteja correto porque quem financia é quem ... «Carta Campinas, Sep 15»
3
Astronautas captam imagens raras de um misterioso "duende
Os habitantes da Estação Espacial captaram este mês uma das melhores imagens dos elusivos "duendes vermelhos". Veja as fotografias. São tão elusivos que ... «Diário de Notícias - Lisboa, Aug 15»
4
Espécie rara de tubarão-duende é fisgado na Austrália
Uma espécie rara de tubarão-duende, ou “alien das profundezas”, foi capturada por um pescador comercial na costa da Austrália. A criatura misteriosa ... «Correio do Estado, Mar 15»
5
Dragões da Real fala de fantasia com Willy Wonka, duende e ex …
Fadas, duendes, bruxas e outras figuras e lugares fantásticos marcaram o carnaval da Dragões da Real, a quarta do primeiro dia de Anhembi. Com o enredo ... «Globo.com, Feb 15»
6
Dupla encontra tubarão-duende na costa da Austrália
Na Austrália, dois pescadores pegaram um tubarão-duende raro, uma espécie que vive em águas entre três a quatro mil metros de profundidade e parou de ... «NE10, Feb 15»
7
PMs vestidos de Noel e de duende distribuem presentes na Vila …
Uma operação policial inusitada marcou a véspera de Natal na manhã desta quarta-feira (24) na comunidade Vila Cruzeiro, no Conjunto de Favelas da Penha, ... «Globo.com, Dec 14»
8
Espetáculo infantil "O Duende" em cartaz no Imperator
De 26 de outubro a 30 de novembro, o Centro Cultural João Nogueira, o Imperator, no Méier, recebe o espetáculo infantil "O Duende". A peça de Daniel Porto ... «Catraca Livre, Oct 14»
9
Vídeo de 'suposto duende' na Argentina é ridicularizado na web
Outros, no entanto, acreditaram no suposto duende. "Não tem como ser montagem. Olha a sombra. O cara tem que ser muito bom", escreveu uma mulher nos ... «Globo.com, Sep 14»
10
Mãe flagra duende enquanto filma o filho em Santa Fé!
No momento em que tal duende aparece, ocorre uma grande interferência no áudio do filme, levando a crer que o diminuto ser chega a interferir com o ... «Gilmar Lopes, Sep 14»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Duende [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-pt/duende>. Jun 2026 ».
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