telenovela
tel·e·no·vela
noun \ˌte-lə-nō-ˈve-lə\Definition of TELENOVELA
: a soap opera produced in and televised in or from many Latin-American countries
Origin of TELENOVELA
Spanish, from tele- tele- + novela novel, serial drama
First Known Use: 1976
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