English

Noun

novela ‎(plural novelas)

1. A Latin American soap opera.

Related terms

• telenovela

Czech

Noun

novela f

1. novella
2. (law) amendment

Galician

Etymology

From Italian novella ‎(“tale”)

Noun

novela f ‎(plural novelas)

1. novel

Verb

novela

1. Third-person singular (el, ela, vostede^?) present indicative of novelar
2. Second-person singular (ti) affirmative imperative of novelar

Old Provençal

Alternative forms

• novella

Noun

novela f ‎(oblique plural novelas, nominative singular novela, nominative plural novelas)

1. item of news

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• novella (obsolete)

Etymology

From Italian novella ‎(“tale”), from Latin novella, feminine of novellus ‎(“new; fresh”), from novus ‎(“new”), Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /no.ˈvɛ.la/, /no.ˈvɛ.lɐ/

Noun

novela f (plural novelas)

1. novel (work of prose fiction)
2. soap opera

Derived terms

• radionovela
• telenovela

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian novella ‎(“tale”)

Noun

novela f ‎(plural novelas)

1. novel

Verb

novela

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of novelar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of novelar.