telenovela

noun

tel·e·no·vela ˌte-lə-nō-ˈve-lə

: a soap opera produced in and televised in or from many Latin American countries

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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 Gascón, 52, built a career as a male actor in Mexican telenovelas before transitioning in 2018 with the support of her wife and now teenage daughter. —

Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024 Gascón, who lives in Mexico, has long been known for her roles in telenovelas. —

Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for telenovela