telenovela

noun

tel·​e·​no·​vela ˌte-lə-nō-ˈve-lə How to pronounce telenovela (audio)
: a soap opera produced in and televised in or from many Latin American countries

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And there are very few programmes, outside of soap operas and telenovelas, that provide that sort of steady drumbeat of content, entertainment and storytelling throughout the year. James McNicholas, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025 Univision is currently airing the telenovela titled El Precio de Amarte, which consists of 50 episodes and is set to wrap at the beginning of 2025. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024 This license was taken up by vendors who used the contents of the paquete to burn DVDs of pirated telenovelas, reality TV shows, and other content, and, in later years, shifted to copying individual files directly onto clients’ hard drives and flash drives. Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made By History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024 Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón, known primarily for telenovelas, stars in the title role. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for telenovela 

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from tele- tele- + novela novel, serial drama

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of telenovela was in 1961

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“Telenovela.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telenovela. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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