Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A melodramatic television series performed in Spanish or Portuguese, typically shown during prime time over several weeks or months.
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- noun A
television soap opera presented as aminiseries
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term telenovela derived from the Spanish and Portuguese terms for “novel” and “television” is the Hispanic equivalent of an American soap opera.
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"Capadocia" had the budget to spend a week shooting a single episode, compared to the typical Latin American telenovela which would do one episode in a day, Paisner said.
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Paisner said the three nominations for Capadocia reflect a growing trend toward higher quality television production in more countries outside the US Capadocia had the budget to spend a week shooting a single episode, compared to the typical Latin American telenovela which would do one episode in a day, Paisner said.
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Paisner said the three nominations for Capadocia reflect a growing trend toward higher quality television production in more countries outside the US Capadocia had the budget to spend a week shooting a single episode, compared to the typical Latin American telenovela which would do one episode in a day, Paisner said.
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Paisner said the three nominations for Capadocia reflect a growing trend toward higher quality television production in more countries outside the US Capadocia had the budget to spend a week shooting a single episode, compared to the typical Latin American telenovela which would do one episode in a day, Paisner said.
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My Peruvian colleagues and expedition co-leader, Rodolfo Salas, named it after a Colombian telenovela, which is like "Pedro El Escamoso," "Sleazy Pedro."
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My Peruvian colleagues and expedition co-leader, Rodolfo Salas, named it after a Colombian telenovela, which is like "Pedro El Escamoso," "Sleazy Pedro."
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My Peruvian colleagues and expedition co-leader, Rodolfo Salas, named it after a Colombian telenovela, which is like "Pedro El Escamoso," "Sleazy Pedro."
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My Peruvian colleagues and expedition co-leader, Rodolfo Salas, named it after a Colombian telenovela, which is like "Pedro El Escamoso," "Sleazy Pedro."
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"'Desperate Housewives' has many elements of a telenovela, which is the backbone of Latin American television," says Aranguibel.
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