Example sentences for: duende

How can you use “duende” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A New York Times story by Hubert Saal on flamenco (March 22, 1987) speaks of the “mysterious duende ” as “a kind of gypsy soul, which flies only on the wings of spontaneity and improvisation.”

  • ' The occasions when duende grips a singer, dancer or torero are punctuated with cries of “Olé!”

  • Pichilingis are similar to duendes (goblins) and are possibly the indigenous version of a duende, and have only been found in the folklore literature of New Mexico.

  • Like Italian, Spanish has estro , from the Latin oestrus `gadfly' (English estrus ) to denote artistic inspiration (and female sexual heat), but duende goes further.

  • Duende meant `hobgoblin,' `sprite,' or `ghost' in Spanish for a long time, but it is not known when it acquired its artistic coloration.


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