duende
Meanings
Noun
1. a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents (Iberian folklore)
2. goblin, leprechaun, gnome, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, gremlin, hobgoblin (by extension, fiction)
3. charisma (the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm) (by extension)
4. charm, magic (by extension)
Examples4
Esta casa tiene un duende.
This house has an elf.
Un grupo de duendes le acompañan.
A group of elves accompany him.
En juegos de rol él siempre solo quería jugar como duende.
In roleplaying games, he always wanted to play as an elf.
Los duendes hicieron una mueca espantosa.
The goblins grinned gruesomely.