telenovela
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- noun
- /ˌtɛlɪnəˈvɛlə/
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telenovela
- The most popular genres and producers overall are Venezuelan telenovelas and Mexican comedies, followed by Mexican and Brazilian telenovelas.
- watch telenovelas
- telenovela soap
- telenovela soap opera
I started my career in telenovelas a long time ago.
- I started my career in telenovelas a long time ago.
Examples
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Each year, Channel 13 produces two or three new telenovelas or soap operas.
Academic text (1990) -
Recently, much more varied telenovelas have been produced, and some systematic differences are beginning to appear between countries.
Academic text (1991) -
No, it was more like a scene from a telenovela.
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We can have our very own telenovela!
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It's like my own private telenovela.
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I started my career in telenovelas a long time ago.
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Other assessments suggest an even larger audience for telenovelas, especially those on Channel 2.
Academic text (1992) -
In national terms, this sort of responsiveness has added to the success of TV Globo's telenovelas.
Academic text (1991) -
For example, it costs around $15,000 to produce one chapter of a Rede Globo telenovela.
Academic text (1992) -
My mother loves to watch the latest episodes of her favorite telenovela every evening.
Synonyms
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A set of related television or radio programs released in episodes
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A TV program that people watch for fun or information
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A program you watch on TV in separate episodes
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A TV drama that follows the daily lives and relationships of people
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A long dramatic story on TV shown in parts like a soap opera
A long TV drama with ongoing stories about relationships
How Melodramatic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Telenovela comes from Spanish and joins tele-, short for 'television', and novela, meaning a 'novel' or long story. So a telenovela is like a 'TV novel', a continuing television drama from Latin America that is often full of romance and big emotions.