sky fairy
- noun
:
hada del cielo
- In the storybook, the sky fairy painted rainbows in the sky.
Examples
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After organizing the party, her friends called her their own sky fairy.
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Many children believe in sky fairies that grant wishes.
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The little girl whispered a wish to the sky fairy before bed each night.
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The sky fairy blessed us with a beautiful day.
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After organizing the party, her friends called her their own sky fairy.
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The little girl whispered a wish to the sky fairy before bed each night.
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The sky fairy blessed us with a beautiful day.
Synonyms
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2.7
A small imagined being that looks like a person and has magic
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3.5
Someone or something that brings good luck
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2.9
A person whose presence people believe brings good luck to a team or group
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9.9
A magical being like a fairy in stories and legends
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3.8
A woman in fairy tales who uses magic to help someone
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7.8
A kind spirit that protects people and brings good luck
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally predictable: 'sky' (heavenly/overhead) modifies 'fairy' (a benevolent mythical being), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a supernatural or benevolent being associated with the sky. The extended sense 'cheerful or beneficent person' is a natural metaphorical extension of that composition and follows normal modifier+noun patterns found across languages, making the phrase transparent.
Etymology
Sky fairy may come from children's stories about a small fairy who lives in the sky and drops little gifts or paints rainbows. So, the picture of a kind being from above explains why people call a cheerful person a sky fairy when they seem to 'bring good luck'.