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]

• 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.

See also

• Leyenda Blanca
• Leyenda Rosa