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 Translation for 'fairy godmother' from English to Spanish
NOUN   a fairy godmother | fairy godmothers
mitol.
hada {f} madrina
fairy godmother
madrina {f}godmother
2
mitol.
hada {f} [takes m. article in sg.]
fairy
8
lit.mitol.
cuento {m} de hadas
fairy tale
zool.T
pichiciego {m} pampeano [Chlamyphorus truncatus]
pink fairy armadillo
zool.T
pichiciego {m} menor [Chlamyphorus truncatus]
pink fairy armadillo
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Usage Examples English
  • As a fairy godmother-type foster mother of the hero Lancelot, she inherits the role of an unnamed aquatic fairy queen, her prototype from 12th-century poetry.
  • In 1998, she starred as the Fairy Godmother in the ITV pantomime "Jack and the Beanstalk".
  • He explains that, at his christening, an offended fairy cursed him to dwarfish height (an example of the wicked fairy godmother folklore motif) but relented and gave him great beauty as compensation.
  • In the animated film, "Shrek 2", she provided the voice of the Fairy Godmother and singing the songs "The Fairy Godmother Song" and "Holding Out for a Hero".
  • The popularity of his tale was due to his additions to the story, including the pumpkin, the fairy-godmother and the introduction of "glass" slippers.

  • In the 1959 animated film "Sleeping Beauty", Walt Disney concluded the tale by having the wicked fairy godmother Maleficent transform herself into a dragon to withstand the prince, converting the fairy tale to one with the princess and dragon theme.
  • Mandy becomes the castle cook and fairy godmother to Char and Ella's future children.
  • During the subsequent Pink Fairies tour, Twink met members of Plasticland, which resulted in the collaboration "You Need a Fairy Godmother", released in 1989 on Midnight Records.
  • The production starred Jo Beth Taylor as Cinderella, Nancye Hayes as the Fairy Godmother, Lochie Daddo as the Prince, Bert Newton as The Baron, and Bruce Spence and Paul Blackwell as the Ugly Step-sisters.
  • A fairy godmother, mentioned in "The Wee Free Men" and named in the court transcript in "The Illustrated Wee Free Men".

  • Maleficent is based on the evil fairy godmother character in Charles Perrault's fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty", as well as the villainess who appears in the Brothers Grimm's retelling of the story, "Little Briar Rose".
  • Over the Christmas/New Year period of 2011/12, she played the Fairy Godmother in the pantomime "Cinderella" at the Birmingham Hippodrome.
  • She continued to guest-star in a number of television series during the 1980s including two episodes of "Faerie Tale Theatre" — in 1983 and 1985 editions entitled "Jack and the Beanstalk" as the Giant's Wife and "Cinderella" as the Fairy Godmother — "Scarecrow and Mrs.
  • She played the Fairy Godmother in pantomime at the New Wimbledon Theatre in 2005–06 and at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking in 2006–07.
  • The Fairy Godmother is replaced by Alidoro, a philosopher and tutor to the Prince.

  • She appeared in Cameron Mackintosh's revival of "My Fair Lady" and in 1985 she appeared as the Fairy Godmother in a production of "Cinderella" at the London Palladium.
  • For instance, tales like "Cinderella" – in which a persecuted heroine, with the help of the fairy godmother or similar magical helper, attends an event (or three) in which she wins the love of a prince and is identified as his true bride [...] are classified as type 510, the persecuted heroine.
  • Riah in "Our Mutual Friend" is a Jewish moneylender yet (contrary to stereotype) a profoundly sympathetic character, as can be seen especially in his relationship with Lizzie and Jenny Wren; Jenny calls him her "fairy godmother" and Lizzie refers to Riah as her "protector", after he finds her a job in the country and risks his own welfare to keep her whereabouts a secret from Fledgeby (his rapacious—and Christian—master).
  • It bears many resemblances to the stories of "Cinderella" and "King Lear" including a deceased mother; three daughters, two of whom are pretty and frivolous, the third of whom is clever and hardworking; and a fairy godmother (Mrs. ...
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