Their website talks about the Spanish word "duende" -- which literally means something like. From Wordnik.com. [Gearwire -] Reference
The duende is a power, not a work; it is a struggle, not a thought. From Wordnik.com. [theatre notes] Reference
As Rodericks would say, the man just lacks "duende". From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
"I know that you will cheat me," answered the duende. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
The duende dwells in the untamed regions of the soul. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Weston: Flamenco Comes to Los Angeles] Reference
When el duende is not present, one knows that too 519. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
"Now let our friendship last forever," said the duende. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
From that time on Mabait and the duende were good friends. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
The duende was afraid of the dress, and dared not come out. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
Then he ordered his servants to find the duende and kill it. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
And in the end, when the duende comes full force, she gets it. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Weston: Flamenco Comes to Los Angeles] Reference
From day one -- from that very first poem -- duende blackened my hands. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
Masama opened the jar, and the duende, flew a way to the princess's tower. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
This friend is a duende, which will be injurious to us if you let it live here. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
What she does not know yet, is that she has trespassed into the land of duende. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Weston: Flamenco Comes to Los Angeles] Reference
I loved the radiance -- from day one of the first poem, duende blackened my hands. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
I had unwittingly stepped into duende territory and have been a flamenco aficionado ever since. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Weston: Flamenco Comes to Los Angeles] Reference
Some singers say that when the duende comes, they open their mouth and a dead man sings for them. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Weston: Flamenco Comes to Los Angeles] Reference
He went back to the duende, and said, "Friend, give me ten isabels more, and I will open the jar.". From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
Mabait was married to the princess, was crowned king, and lived happily with his friend the duende. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
Read the lyrics, hear the duende, feel the goose bumps. From Wordnik.com. [Playback:stl Syndication] Reference
By all measures, "Noche de Sevilla" contained the duende. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But one must awaken the duende in the remotest mansions of the blood. From Wordnik.com. [theatre notes] Reference
So here's my suggestion on how we give duende the Charm City spin; it's now Eduende!. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
But duende has deeper vibrations, evoking for its disciples the very ethos of Spain. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1] Reference
I have not heard it used in other cases, but when used it seems to equal tener duende. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 2] Reference
When a performer is inspired, it is said that he, or she, "tiene duende" (` has it '). From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1] Reference
This duende, however, did not transcend some of the ensemble's more "Western" flourishes. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This is not easy to arrange, however, for duende, unlike paella, cannot be made to order. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1] Reference
"Todo lo que tiene sonidos negros tiene duende" (` All that has black sounds has duende '). From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1] Reference
(Random House, 1968), James A. Michener said duende "now dominates Spanish conversation" and. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1] Reference
The word I use is duende. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2008] Reference
"The duende pushed the child into the well.". From Wordnik.com. [Some Things I'll Never Learn (about living in Mexico)] Reference
Nothing less than duende permeated the room. From Wordnik.com. [THE FLESH OF POETRY] Reference
Aficionados of duende who enjoyed George Bria's exegesis, ( "duende: Gypsy Soul and Something More". From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 2] Reference
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