novela

See also: novelá

English

Noun

novela (plural novelas)

  1. A Latin American soap opera.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnovɛla]

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

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [no.vɛ.la]
  • Rhymes: -ɛla
  • Hyphenation: no‧vè‧la

Noun

novela (plural novela-novela)

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

Hyponyms

  • novelis

Further reading

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. item of news

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈvɛ.lɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈvɛ.la/
 

  • Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
  • 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
    • 2025 February 26, “Qual o futuro de Baby? Destino da elefanta do Beto Carrero vira novela e segue indefinido [What's the future of Baby? Destiny of Beto Carrero's female elephant becomes a drama and stays undefined]”, in ND+‎[1], Florianópolis, archived from the original on 5 April 2025

Derived terms

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /noˈbela/ [noˈβ̞e.la]
  • 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
  • novela autobiográfica (“autobiographical novel”)
  • novela biográfica (“biographical novel”)
  • novela de aprendizaje (“coming-of-age novel, coming-of-age story; bildungsroman”)
  • novela de caballerías
  • novela de campus (“campus novel”)
  • novela de formación
  • novela de terror (“horror novel”)
  • novela de tesis
  • novela detectivesca, novela de detectives (“detective novel; detective fiction (by extension)”)
  • novela epistolar (“epistolary novel”)
  • novela existencialista (“existentialist novel”)
  • novela filosófica (“philosophical novel”)
  • novela gráfica
  • novela histórica (“historical novel; historical fiction (by extension)”)
  • novela ligera
  • novela negra
  • novela policíaca (“crime novel; crime fiction (by extension)”)
  • novela por entregas
  • novela social (“social novel”)
  • novela visual
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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