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novela

Spanish, noun

novela is spelled N-O-V-E-L-A (6 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,679th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Novela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “novel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of novelar. With an accent, novelá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of novelar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obra literaria que consiste en una narración de ficción, extensa, más larga que el cuento o los relatos…”.

What does novela mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininenovel

  2. 2

    femininesoap opera, telenovela

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as novelá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of novelar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Obra literaria que consiste en una narración de ficción, extensa, más larga que el cuento o los relatos breves, y que cuenta con un argumento elaborado referido a personajes, hechos y pasiones del alma. 2. Género literario de las obras de este tipo. 3. Conjunto de obras literarias de este género que tienen en común una característica como el autor, la época, el país, entre otras. 4. Acontecimientos reales con un desarrollo extraordinario.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of novela

  • novelas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to novela

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is novela in Spanish?

novela appears 51 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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