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telenovela, n.
Brit. |ˌtɛlɪnə(ʊ)ˈvɛlə|, U.S. |ˈˌtɛlənoʊˈvɛlə|
Forms: 19– telenovela, 19– telenovella[irreg.]
[Probably > n.) + novela novel n.). Compare Portuguese telenovela. Compare earlier novela n.]
Esp. in Latin America: a Spanish-language or Portuguese-language television soap opera.
1976Lat. Amer. Perspectives 3 134 The dramatic experience of the Puerto Rican in New York is dominated by the melodramas, the telenovelas daily occupying nearly ten hours of viewing time over two Spanish-language stations. 1982Chicago Sun-Times 8 Sept. 51/1 Produced primarily in Venezuela, Mexico and Puerto Rico, telenovelas are Latin America's highest rated prime-time television shows. 1994Guardian 23 Nov. ii. 10/2 Her accusations against his government have since dominated the political centre stage and kept Peruvians on the edge of their seats, watching the row as avidly as the nightly telenovela. 1999J. McNeil Bethlehem in S. Champion Fortune Hotel 120 He sits watching a telenovella to improve his Portuguese. |