novela
Portuguese, noun/noˈvɛ.lɐ/
novela is spelled N-O-V-E-L-A (6 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,091st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Novela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “novella (short novel or long short story)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “narrativa breve, maior do que um conto e menor do que um romance, e que se caracteriza por apresentar uma…”.
What does novela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenovella (short novel or long short story)
- 2
femininesoap opera (a type of television or radio series)
- 3
feminineany overdramatic case or event
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. narrativa breve, maior do que um conto e menor do que um romance, e que se caracteriza por apresentar uma espécie de concentração temática em torno de um número restrito de personagens 2. trama narrada em capítulos, especialmente no rádio e na televisão
noun: 1. novilha de dois anos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of novela
- novelas plural
- novella alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce novela?
- Brazil /noˈvɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /nuˈvɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /nuˈbɛ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to novela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is novela in Portuguese?
novela appears 45 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).