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
The duende dwells in the untamed regions of the soul. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Weston: Flamenco Comes to Los Angeles] Reference
"I know that you will cheat me," answered the duende. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] 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 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
This duende, however, did not transcend some of the ensemble's more "Western" flourishes. From Wordnik.com. 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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