Advertisement

Advertisement

Neruda

[ ne-roo-thah; English nuh-roo-duh ]

noun

  1. Pa·blo [pah, -vlaw, pah, -bloh], Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.


Neruda

/ neˈruða /

noun

  1. NerudaPablo19041973MChileanWRITING: poet Pablo (ˈpaβlo), real name Neftali Ricardo Reyes. 1904–73, Chilean poet. His works include Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (1924) and Canto general (1950), an epic history of the Americas: Nobel prize for literature 1971


Discover More

Example Sentences

Neruda suffered from cancer, and he looked unwell, with a sickly yellow glow.

Neruda shook his head sadly, saying that he fear for the worst.

One of his best English translators, Alastair Reid, was a good friend of Neruda, and he died only a month ago in New York.

Medical experts caution that it may be difficult to prove, 40 years later, whether or not Neruda died of natural causes.

The Neruda family subscribes to this version of his death to this day.

Wilhelmina Maria Franziska Neruda made her first appearance in public in 1846, at which time she was not quite seven years old.

He seemed to delight in Neruda and Piatti, and followed the music with a score of his own.

Josef Neruda had seen a peasant girl dancing and singing the polka, and had noted down the tune and the steps.

Two writers who died recently, and whose influence on the Bohemian literature of the present day is great, are Neruda and Zeyer.

But the young Wilma Neruda, who visited London in 1849, escaped his benevolent notice.

Advertisement

Word of the Day

inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

Meaning and examples

Start each day with the Word of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


nertsNeruda, Pablo