Similar words
fábula
Worth distinguishing: a leyenda (legend) and a fábula (fable) are different narrative genres often confused.
Similar in other languages
French
légende
légende is the French word for the same thing — both mean "legend."
Portuguese
lenda
lenda is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "legend."
Practice
1 What does leyenda mean?
legend
2 Fill the gap: Es una ___ antigua.
Full sentence: Es una leyenda antigua. (It's an ancient legend.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches leyenda?
leyenda: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.