zarzuela
/zɑɹˈzweɪlə/noun
zarzuela is a noun meaning “A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Z-A-R-Z-U-E-L-A, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of zarzuela is zarzuelas.
What does zarzuela mean?
noun
- 1
A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject.
- 2
A Catalan fish soup or stew.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce zarzuela?
- US /zɑɹˈzweɪlə/
- UK /zɑːˈzweɪlə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of zarzuela
- zarzuelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is zarzuela?
Zarzuela appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Zarzuela in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense opera:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | zarzuela |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does zarzuela come from?
Borrowed from Spanish zarzuela, probably from the Palace of Zarzuela, royal residence near Madrid where it was first performed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).