"novela" meaning in Portuguese

See novela in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /noˈvɛ.lɐ/ [Brazil], /noˈvɛ.lɐ/ [Brazil], /noˈvɛ.la/ [Southern-Brazil], /nuˈvɛ.lɐ/ [Portugal], /nuˈvɛ.lɐ/ [Portugal], /nuˈbɛ.lɐ/ [Northern, Portugal], [nuˈβɛ.lɐ] [Northern, Portugal] Forms: novelas [plural], novella [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -ɛlɐ Etymology: Borrowed from Italian novella (“tale”), from Latin novella, feminine of novellus (“new; fresh”), from novus (“new”), Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Etymology templates: {{bor+|pt|it|novella||tale}} Borrowed from Italian novella (“tale”), {{der|pt|la|novella}} Latin novella, {{uder|pt|ine-pro|*néwos}} Proto-Indo-European *néwos Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} novela f (plural novelas)
  1. novella (short novel or long short story) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-novela-pt-noun-nfCd-xu8 Categories (other): Literature Disambiguation of Literature: 100 0 0
  2. soap opera (a type of television or radio series) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-novela-pt-noun-vjngND4S Categories (other): Television Disambiguation of Television: 2 95 2
  3. (figuratively) any overdramatic case or event Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-novela-pt-noun-KX9MwQxb Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese undefined derivations Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 10 21 69 Disambiguation of Portuguese undefined derivations: 17 23 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: novilho, novo, romance
Derived forms: novelador, novelar, noveleiro, novelesco, noveleta, novelismo, novelista, novelística, novelístico, novelização, radionovela, telenovela

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "novelador"
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          "english": "What's the future of Baby? Destiny of Beto Carrero's female elephant becomes a drama and stays undefined",
          "ref": "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+, Florianópolis, archived from the original on 2025-04-05",
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