Telenovela
noun
1.
(in Latin America and Hispanic communities) a television soap opera, usually having a limited number of episodes.
noun
a television soap opera in Latin America; a type of melodramatic serialized fiction produced and aired in most Latin American countries
Word Origin
Spanish
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