novela

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, 1935–1957
  • novela in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed 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 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): /no.ˈvɛ.la/, /no.ˈvɛ.lɐ/

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

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 negra
  • novela policíaca (“crime novel; crime fiction (by extension)”)
  • novela por entregas
  • novela social (“social novel”)
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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