Leyenda Negra

Spanish
FWOTD – 1 October 2015

Etymology

Literally, “Black Legend”. Coined by Julián Juderías in his 1914 book La Leyenda Negra y la Verdad Histórica.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /leˌʝenda ˈneɡɾa/ [leˌʝẽn̪.d̪a ˈne.ɣ̞ɾa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /leˌʃenda ˈneɡɾa/ [leˌʃẽn̪.d̪a ˈne.ɣ̞ɾa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /leˌʒenda ˈneɡɾa/ [leˌʒẽn̪.d̪a ˈne.ɣ̞ɾa]

  • Syllabification: Le‧yen‧da Ne‧gra

Proper noun

Leyenda Negra f

  1. (historiography) Black Legend (the depiction of Spain as cruel, greedy and fanatical)
    • 1997, Alfredo Alvar Ezquerra, La leyenda negra, AKAL, page 7:
      La Leyenda Negra forma parte de esa propaganda antiespañola.
      The Black Legend constitutes part of this anti-Spanish propaganda.

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