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Duende meant `hobgoblin,' `sprite,' or `ghost' in Spanish for a long time, but it is not known when it acquired its artistic coloration.
It has the original meaning, a `sprite or hobgoblin that plays tricks, especially at night in people's houses; a poltergeist.