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peste negra

Portuguese, noun

peste negra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bubonic plague (a contagious and deadly disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does peste negra mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebubonic plague (a contagious and deadly disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis)

  2. 2

    feminineBlack Death, Black Plague

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. peste que devastou boa parte da população europeia no Seculo XIV, transmitida através das pulgas dos ratos

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

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

Forms of peste negra

  • pestes negras plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to peste negra

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.