zarzuela
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See also: zarzuéla
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish zarzuela, probably from the Palace of Zarzuela, royal residence near Madrid where it was first performed.
Noun
zarzuela (countable and uncountable, plural zarzuelas)
- (music) A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject.
- (cooking) A Catalan fish soup or stew.
- Coordinate term: bouillabaisse
- 1964, Jan Morris, “Plural Spain”, in Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:
- Only in Catalonia can you eat a proper zarzuela, a gargantuan fish soup; […] .
Translations
fish soup
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Further reading
French
Noun
zarzuela f (plural zarzuelas)
- Alternative form of zarzuéla
Further reading
- “zarzuela”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
From La Zarzuela, royal residence near Madrid where it was first performed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θaɾˈθwela/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saɾˈswela/
- Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: zar‧zue‧la
Noun
zarzuela f (plural zarzuelas)
Descendants
Further reading
zarzuela on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es- “zarzuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10