Meanings
nountelenovela (plural telenovelas)
plural telenovelas
- A television soap opera presented as a miniseries.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
- Spanishtele-
- Proto-Indo-European*nu
- Proto-Indo-European*néwos
- Proto-Italic*nowos
- Latinnovus
- Latinnovellus
- Vulgar Latin*novella
- Italiannovella
- Spanishnovela
- Spanishtelenovela
- Englishtelenovela
Borrowed from Spanish telenovela.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French télénovela
- télénovelatelevision soap opera presented as a miniseries
Greek τηλενουβέλα
- τηλενουβέλα (tilenouvéla)television soap opera presented as a miniseries
Hebrew טלנובלה
- טלנובלה (telenovéla)television soap opera presented as a miniseries
Hungarian telenovella
- telenovellatelevision soap opera presented as a miniseries
Italian telenovela
- telenovelatelevision soap opera presented as a miniseries
Polish telenowela
- telenowelatelevision soap opera presented as a miniseries
Portuguese telenovela
- telenovelatelevision soap opera presented as a miniseries
Spanish telenovela
- telenovelatelevision soap opera presented as a miniseries
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with telenovela
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
telenovela. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telenovela
MLA
“telenovela.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telenovela. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telenovela,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telenovela.
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