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peste negra

Spanish, noun[ˈpest̪e ˈneɣ̞ɾa]

peste negra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Black Death, Black Plague” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does peste negra mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineBlack Death, Black Plague

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. Pandemia que asoló Europa en el siglo XIV y que, se estima, que mató cerca de un tercio de la población del continente.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce peste negra?

  • [ˈpest̪e ˈneɣ̞ɾa]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.