bellas letras
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbeʝas ˈletɾas/ [ˌbe.ʝas ˈle.t̪ɾas] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˌbeʎas ˈletɾas/ [ˌbe.ʎas ˈle.t̪ɾas] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˌbeʃas ˈletɾas/ [ˌbe.ʃas ˈle.t̪ɾas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌbeʒas ˈletɾas/ [ˌbe.ʒas ˈle.t̪ɾas] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: be‧llas le‧tras
Noun
bellas letras f pl (plural only)
- belles-lettres; literature
- Synonym: buenas letras
Further reading
- “bellas letras, o buenas letras”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024