telenovela

telenovela — noun

1. a television drama series, originally from Latin America, that tells a complete

1.名詞B2
釋義

a television drama series, originally from Latin America, that tells a complete story over a limited number of episodes, often featuring romance and intense family conflict

例句

Zola watches a Brazilian telenovela every evening after dinner with her grandmother.

collocation: watch a telenovela

The new telenovela on Channel 12 follows the story of two rival coffee-growing families.

同義詞
  • soap opera

    more general term for any ongoing TV drama serial; telenovela is a specific type with a fixed run

  • drama series

    broader category that includes non-romance and non-melodramatic shows

  • serial

    more formal term; emphasises the episodic, continuing-story format

用法筆記

The word is used in English as a loanword from Spanish. Unlike an American or British soap opera, which can run for years, a telenovela tells one complete story and ends after a fixed number of episodes.

常見錯誤

❌I watched the same telenovela for ten years.
✅I watched the same soap opera for ten years.
💡Telenovelas are designed to finish after one story arc, usually within a year, whereas soap operas can continue indefinitely.