Leyenda Negra

Spanish

FWOTD – 1 October 2015

Etymology

Literally, “Black Legend”. Coined by Spanish historian and author Julián Juderías in his 1914 book La Leyenda Negra y la Verdad Histórica (“The Black Legend and Historical Truth”).

Pronunciation

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

  • 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.

See also

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