In Search of Duende - Language Magazine

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Last updated 10 novembro 2024

Daniel Ward believes that flamenco is key to understanding the passion of Spanish Merriam-Webster defines duende as “the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm,” but to flamenco aficionados it means so much more. Duende or tener duende (“having duende”) can be loosely translated as having soul, a heightened state of emotion, expression, and heart. The artistic and especially musical term was derived from the duende, a fairy or goblin-like creature in Spanish and Latin American mythology. El duende is the spirit of evocation. It comes from inside as a physical/emotional response to music. It is what gives you