lenda urbana
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.dɐ uʁˈbɐ̃.nɐ/ [ˈlẽ.dɐ uɦˈbɐ̃.nɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.dɐ uɾˈbɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.dɐ uʁˈbɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.da uɻˈbɐ.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.dɐ uɾˈbɐ.nɐ/ [ˈlẽ.dɐ uɾˈβɐ.nɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.dɐ uɾˈba.nɐ/ [ˈlẽ.dɐ uɾˈβa.nɐ]
- Hyphenation: len‧da ur‧ba‧na
Noun
lenda urbana f (plural lendas urbanas)
- urban legend (a fabulous, often frightening, narrative that is transmitted orally as if it were a true story or phenomenon)
Further reading
- “urbana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025