"soap opera" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soap operas [plural]
Etymology: From the soap and detergent commercials originally broadcast during the shows, which were aimed at the audience of women who were doing their cleaning; opera from the melodramatic character of the shows, as the earlier horse opera. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} soap opera (countable and uncountable, plural soap operas)
  1. (countable) A radio or television serial, typically broadcast in the afternoon or evening, about the lives of melodramatic characters, which are often filled with strong emotions, highly dramatic situations and suspense. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Television Synonyms: soap [colloquial], daytime serial, story (english: colloquial, popular among older people), serial [India], teleserye [Philippines], telenovela (english: particularly Latin America), sinetron [Indonesia] Related terms: sudsy [adjective] Translations (television serial): تَمْثِيلِيَّة (tamṯīliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), مُسَلْسَلَات تِلِفِزْيُونِيَّة (musalsalāt tilifizyūniyya) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), مُسَلْسَلَات (musalsalāt) [plural] (Arabic), تمثيلية (tamseleyya) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), مسلسل (mosalsal) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), мы́льная о́пера (mýlʹnaja ópjera) [feminine] (Belarusian), тэлесерыя́л (teljesjeryjál) [masculine] (Belarusian), серыя́л (sjeryjál) [masculine] (Belarusian), culebrot [masculine] (Catalan), telenovel·la [feminine] (Catalan), fulletó [masculine] (Catalan), 肥皂劇 (Chinese Cantonese), 肥皂剧 (fei⁴ zou⁶ kek⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 肥皂劇 (Chinese Mandarin), 肥皂剧 (féizàojù) (Chinese Mandarin), 電視劇 (Chinese Mandarin), 电视剧 (diànshìjù) [TV] (Chinese Mandarin), 連續劇 (Chinese Mandarin), 连续剧 (liánxùjù) (Chinese Mandarin), mýdlová opera [feminine] (Czech), sæbeopera [common-gender] (Danish), soap [feminine] (Dutch), soapreeks (Dutch), soapserie [feminine] (Dutch), seebiooper (Estonian), saippuasarja (Finnish), saippuaooppera (Finnish), feuilleton [masculine] (French), soap opera [masculine] (French), soap [masculine] (French), téléroman [Quebec, masculine] (French), telenovela [feminine] (Galician), Soap [feminine] (German), Seifenoper [feminine] (German), σαπουνόπερα (sapounópera) [feminine] (Greek), אוֹפֶּרַת סַבּוֹן (óperat sabón) [feminine] (Hebrew), szappanopera (Hungarian), sápuópera [feminine] (Icelandic), sinetron (Indonesian), opera sabun (Indonesian), sobaldráma [masculine] (Irish), sobalchlár [masculine] (Irish), telenovela [feminine] (Italian), 昼メロ (hiru-mero) (Japanese), 昼ドラマ (hiru-dorama) (Japanese), 昼ドラ (hiru-dora) (Japanese), ソープオペラ (sōpuopera) (Japanese), ドラマ (dorama) (english: TV series) [TV] [drama, dramaturgy, film, theater, entertainment, lifestyle, television, broadcasting, media] (Japanese), シリーズ (shirīzu) (Japanese), 연속극 (yeonsokgeuk) (Korean), 드라마 (deurama) (english: TV series) [TV] [drama, dramaturgy, film, theater, entertainment, lifestyle, television, broadcasting, media] (Korean), 시리즈 (sirijeu) (Korean), эзилме опера (english: ezilme opera) (Kyrgyz), Seefenoper (Luxembourgish), са́пунска о́пера (sápunska ópera) [feminine] (Macedonian), сапу́ница (sapúnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), táláwosh binahjįʼ njilkid (Navajo), såpeopera [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), såpeopera [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), اپرای صابون (operâ-ye sâbun) (Persian), اپرای صابونی (operâ-ye sâbuni) (Persian), نمایش صابونی (namâyeš-e sâbuni) (Persian), telenowela [feminine] (Polish), opera mydlana [feminine] (Polish), telenovela [feminine] (Portuguese), novela [feminine] (Portuguese), telenovelă [feminine] (Romanian), мы́льная о́пера (mýlʹnaja ópera) [feminine] (Russian), телесериа́л (teleseriál) [masculine] (Russian), сериа́л (seriál) [masculine] (Russian), siabann [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), telenovela [feminine] (Slovene), telenovela [feminine] (Spanish), culebrón [masculine] (Spanish), folletín [masculine] (Spanish), novelón [masculine] (Spanish), såpopera [common-gender] (Swedish), såpa [common-gender] (Swedish), telenobela (Tagalog), น้ำเน่า (náam-nâo) (Thai), ละครน้ำเน่า (lá-kɔɔn-náam-nâo) (Thai), ซีรีส์ (sii-rîi) (Thai), pembe dizi (Turkish), ми́льна о́пера (mýlʹna ópera) [feminine] (Ukrainian), телесеріа́л (teleseriál) [masculine] (Ukrainian), серіа́л (seriál) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (uncountable) Such serials in general. Tags: uncountable
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          "word": "Seefenoper"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "са́пунска о́пера"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "word": "اپرای صابون"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "roman": "operâ-ye sâbuni",
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          "word": "اپرای صابونی"
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            "feminine"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "opera mydlana"
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          "sense": "television serial",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "television serial",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "television serial",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "telenovelă"
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          "roman": "mýlʹnaja ópera",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мы́льная о́пера"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "teleseriál",
          "sense": "television serial",
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          "word": "телесериа́л"
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          "word": "сериа́л"
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          "word": "siabann"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "television serial",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "television serial",
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "culebrón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "folletín"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "novelón"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "såpopera"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "såpa"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "word": "telenobela"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "náam-nâo",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "word": "น้ำเน่า"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "lá-kɔɔn-náam-nâo",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "word": "ละครน้ำเน่า"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sii-rîi",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "word": "ซีรีส์"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "word": "pembe dizi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mýlʹna ópera",
          "sense": "television serial",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ми́льна о́пера"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "teleseriál",
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "roman": "seriál",
          "sense": "television serial",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "television serial",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "television serial",
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      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "mýlʹnaja ópjera",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мы́льная о́пера"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "teljesjeryjál",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тэлесерыя́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sjeryjál",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "серыя́л"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "culebrot"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telenovel·la"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fulletó"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "肥皂劇"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "fei⁴ zou⁶ kek⁶",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "肥皂剧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "肥皂劇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "féizàojù",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "肥皂剧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "電視劇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànshìjù",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "TV"
      ],
      "word": "电视剧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "連續劇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liánxùjù",
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      "word": "连续剧"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "television serial",
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      "word": "sæbeopera"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "soapreeks"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "soapserie"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "seebiooper"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "saippuasarja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "saippuaooppera"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "feuilleton"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soap opera"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soap"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "téléroman"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telenovela"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Soap"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Seifenoper"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sapounópera",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σαπουνόπερα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "óperat sabón",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אוֹפֶּרַת סַבּוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "szappanopera"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sápuópera"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "sinetron"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "opera sabun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sobaldráma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sobalchlár"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telenovela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiru-mero",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "昼メロ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiru-dorama",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "昼ドラマ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiru-dora",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "昼ドラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōpuopera",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "ソープオペラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "TV series",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dorama",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "TV"
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      "topics": [
        "drama",
        "dramaturgy",
        "film",
        "theater",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "television",
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
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      "word": "ドラマ"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shirīzu",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "シリーズ"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeonsokgeuk",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "연속극"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "TV series",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "deurama",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "TV"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "drama",
        "dramaturgy",
        "film",
        "theater",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "television",
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "드라마"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sirijeu",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "시리즈"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "english": "ezilme opera",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "эзилме опера"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "Seefenoper"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sápunska ópera",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "са́пунска о́пера"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sapúnica",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сапу́ница"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "táláwosh binahjįʼ njilkid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "såpeopera"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "såpeopera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "operâ-ye sâbun",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "اپرای صابون"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "operâ-ye sâbuni",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "اپرای صابونی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "namâyeš-e sâbuni",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "نمایش صابونی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telenowela"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opera mydlana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telenovela"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "novela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telenovelă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mýlʹnaja ópera",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мы́льная о́пера"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "teleseriál",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "телесериа́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "seriál",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сериа́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siabann"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telenovela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telenovela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "culebrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folletín"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "novelón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "såpopera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "såpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "telenobela"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "náam-nâo",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "น้ำเน่า"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lá-kɔɔn-náam-nâo",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "ละครน้ำเน่า"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sii-rîi",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "ซีรีส์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "word": "pembe dizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mýlʹna ópera",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ми́льна о́пера"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "teleseriál",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "телесеріа́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "seriál",
      "sense": "television serial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "серіа́л"
    }
  ],
  "word": "soap opera"
}

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