noun
- a quality of passion and inspiration.
- A spirit. A duende is a creature somewhat like a human from Iberian, Latin American, and Filipino folklore. The Spanish term duende originated as a contraction of the phrase dueño de casa or duen de casa, “possessor of a house”, and was originally conceptualized as a mischievous spirit inhabiting a house
[Funny Weather — Olivia Laing]