duendecillo

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Spanish

El duendecillo Puck es un personaje en El Sueño de una noche de verano, de William Shakespeare.

Etymology

From duende (“elf, imp”) +‎ -cillo (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /dwendeˈθiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /dwendeˈθiʎo/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /dwendeˈsiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /dwendeˈsiʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /dwendeˈsiʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /dwendeˈsiʒo/

 

  • Syllabification: duen‧de‧ci‧llo

Noun

duendecillo m (plural duendecillos)

  1. pixie, sprite
    • 2017, Tyto Alba, Fellini en Roma, Astiberri, →ISBN, page 24:
      Más que una ayudante, era casi mi jefa, discreta y en segundo plano, como un duendecillo que me aconsejaba e inspiraba constantemente.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. leprechaun
  3. hobgoblin, gremlin

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