novela

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See also: novelá

English

Noun

novela (plural novelas)

  1. A Latin American soap opera.

Czech

Noun

novela f

  1. novella
  2. (law) amendment

Declension

Declension of novela (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative novela novely
genitive novely novel
dative novele novelám
accusative novelu novely
vocative novelo novely
locative novele novelách
instrumental novelou novelami

Further reading

  • “novela”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “novela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian novella (“tale”).

Noun

novela f (plural novelas)

  1. novel
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

novela

  1. inflection of novelar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Indonesian

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Etymology

From from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novela and novelet.

Pronunciation

Noun

novela (first-person possessive novelaku, second-person possessive novelamu, third-person possessive novelanya)

  1. (literature) novel: a work of prose fiction, shorter than a novel.
    Synonym: roman

Hyponyms

Further reading


Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Noun

novela f (oblique plural novelas, nominative singular novela, nominative plural novelas)

  1. item of news

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian novella (“tale”), from Latin novella, feminine of novellus (“new; fresh”), from novus (“new”), Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: no‧ve‧la

Noun

novela f (plural novelas)

  1. novella (short novel or long short story)
  2. soap opera (a type of television or radio series)
  3. (figuratively) any overdramatic case or event

Derived terms

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /noˈbela/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: no‧ve‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian novella (“tale”).

Noun

novela f (plural novelas)

  1. novel
  2. soap opera, telenovela
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Bikol Central: nobela
  • → Cebuano: nobela
  • → Tagalog: nobela

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

novela

  1. inflection of novelar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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