duendecillo

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /dwendeˈθiʝo/ [d̪wẽn̪.d̪eˈθi.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /dwendeˈθiʎo/ [d̪wẽn̪.d̪eˈθi.ʎo]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /dwendeˈsiʝo/ [d̪wẽn̪.d̪eˈsi.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /dwendeˈsiʎo/ [d̪wẽn̪.d̪eˈsi.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /dwendeˈsiʃo/ [d̪wẽn̪.d̪eˈsi.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /dwendeˈsiʒo/ [d̪wẽn̪.d̪eˈsi.ʒo]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

Syllabification: duen‧de‧ci‧llo

Noun

duendecillo m (plural duendecillos)

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)
leprechaun
hobgoblin, gremlin

Further reading

“duende”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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