novela

== English == === Noun === novela (plural novelas) A Latin American soap opera. ==== Related terms ==== telenovela == Chavacano == === Etymology === From Spanish novela. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /noˈbela/, [noˈbe.la] Hyphenation: no‧ve‧la === Noun === novela novel == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnovɛla] === Noun === novela f novella (law) amendment ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “novela”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “novela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Galician == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian novella (“tale”). ==== Noun ==== novela f (plural novelas) novel ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== novela inflection of novelar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “novela”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Indonesian == === Etymology === From from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novela and novelet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [no.vɛ.la] Rhymes: -ɛla Hyphenation: no‧vè‧la === Noun === novela (plural novela-novela) (literature) novel: a work of prose fiction, shorter than a novel Synonym: roman ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “novela”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Old Occitan == === Alternative forms === novella === Noun === novela f (oblique plural novelas, nominative singular novela, nominative plural novelas) item of news == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === novella (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian novella (“tale”), from Latin novella, feminine of novellus (“new; fresh”), from novus (“new”), Proto-Indo-European *néwos. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛlɐ Hyphenation: no‧ve‧la === Noun === novela f (plural novelas) novella (short novel or long short story) soap opera (a type of television or radio series) (figuratively) any overdramatic case or event ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === romance === Further reading === “novela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “novela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /noˈbela/ [noˈβ̞e.la] Rhymes: -ela Syllabification: no‧ve‧la === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian novella (“tale”). ==== Noun ==== novela f (plural novelas) novel soap opera, telenovela ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Bikol Central: nobela → Cebuano: nobela → Tagalog: nobela === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== novela inflection of novelar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “novela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025