novelar
Spanish, verb/nobeˈlaɾ/
novelar is spelled N-O-V-E-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Novelar is a Spanish verb meaning “to novelize; to make a novel out of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Componer o escribir novelas”.
What does novelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to novelize; to make a novel out of
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Componer o escribir novelas. 2. Contar, publicar novelas, cuentos y patrañas.
verb: 1. Relatar a modo de novela un suceso ocurrido.
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 novelar
- novelo first-person present singular
- novelé first-person preterite singular
- novelado participle past
- novelando gerund
- novelada feminine participle past
- novelados masculine participle past
- noveladas feminine participle past
- novelas indicative informal present
- novelás indicative informal present
- novela indicative present singular
- novelamos first-person indicative plural
- noveláis indicative plural present
- novelan indicative plural present
- novelaba first-person imperfect indicative
- novelabas imperfect indicative second-person
- novelábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- novelabais imperfect indicative plural
- novelaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce novelar?
- /nobeˈlaɾ/
- [no.β̞eˈlaɾ]
- [noβ̞eˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is novelar in Spanish?
novelar appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).