telenovela

See also: télénovela

English

Etymology

From Spanish telenovela.

Noun

telenovela (plural telenovelas)

1. A television soap opera presented as a miniseries.

Translations

television soap opera presented as a miniseries

• French: télénovela (fr) f
• Galician: telenovela f
• Greek: τηλενουβέλα (el) f (tilenouvéla)
• Hebrew: טלנובלה (he) f (telenovéla)
• Hungarian: telenovella
• Italian: telenovela (it) f
• Polish: telenowela (pl) f
• Portuguese: telenovela (pt) f
• Spanish: telenovela (es) f

Galician

Etymology

From tele- +‎ novela.

Noun

telenovela f (plural telenovelas)

1. soap opera/telenovela

Italian

Etymology

From Portuguese tele- +‎ novela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌte.le.noˈvɛ.la/, (traditional) /ˌtɛ.le.noˈvɛ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧no‧vè‧la

Noun

telenovela f (plural telenovele)

1. telenovela (especially one from South America)

Portuguese

Etymology

From tele- +‎ novela.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.le.noˈvɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.le.noˈvɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.le.noˈvɛ.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.lɛ.nuˈvɛ.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.lɛ.nuˈvɛ.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.lɛ.nuˈbɛ.lɐ/ [ˌtɛ.lɛ.nuˈβɛ.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: te‧le‧no‧ve‧la

Noun

telenovela f (plural telenovelas)

1. soap opera/telenovela

   Synonym: novela

Spanish

Etymology

From tele- +‎ novela.

Noun

telenovela f (plural telenovelas)

1. soap opera/telenovela

   Synonym: culebrón

Further reading

• “telenovela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014