telenovela

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish telenovela. === Noun === telenovela (plural telenovelas) A television soap opera presented as a miniseries. ==== Translations ==== == Galician == === Etymology === From tele- +‎ novela. === Noun === telenovela f (plural telenovelas) 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) telenovela (especially one from South America) === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === From tele- +‎ novela. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: te‧le‧no‧ve‧la === Noun === telenovela f (plural telenovelas) soap opera/telenovela Synonym: novela === Further reading === “telenovela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “telenovela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From tele- +‎ novela. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /telenoˈbela/ [t̪e.le.noˈβ̞e.la] Rhymes: -ela Syllabification: te‧le‧no‧ve‧la === Noun === telenovela f (plural telenovelas) soap opera/telenovela Synonym: culebrón === Further reading === “telenovela”, 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