Definition of telenovela in English:
telenovela
noun ˈtɛlɪnəʊˌvɛləˌtelənōˈvelə
(in Latin America) a television soap opera.
Example sentencesExamples
- Favorite programs include cartoons and old movies from the United States, and Mexican telenovelas (soap operas).
- Venezuela was one of the first exporters of telenovelas (soap operas) to the South American continent and the world.
- After all, more than 40 per cent of the top-rated shows around the world are mini-series, sitcoms, soap operas, movies and telenovelas.
- There are numerous stories that would make wonderful plots for the telenovelas that are so popular today in Latin America.
- On the wildly popular telenovelas, the soap operas that are a programming staple of both networks, the starring roles are almost always filled by white Latino actors who typically play members of the upper class.