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novela

novela

See also: novelá

English

Noun

novela (plural novelas)

  1. A Latin American soap opera.

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Czech

Noun

novela f

  1. novella
  2. (law) amendment

Galician

Etymology

From Italian novella (tale)

Noun

novela f (plural novelas)

  1. novel

Verb

novela

  1. Third-person singular (el, ela, vostede?) present indicative of novelar
  2. Second-person singular (ti) affirmative imperative of novelar

Old Provençal

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. item of news

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /no.ˈvɛ.la/, /no.ˈvɛ.lɐ/

Noun

novela f (plural novelas)

  1. novel (work of prose fiction)
  2. soap opera

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Spanish

Etymology

From Italian novella (tale)

Noun

novela f (plural novelas)

  1. novel

Verb

novela

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of novelar.
  2. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of novelar.