peste negra

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Portuguese

Noun

peste negra f (usually uncountable, plural pestes negras)

  1. (pathology) bubonic plague (a contagious and deadly disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis)
    Synonym: peste bubónica
  2. (historical) Black Death, Black Plague

Spanish

Noun

peste negra f (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Black Death, Black Plague