radionovela

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish radionovela.

Noun

radionovela (plural radionovelas)

1. A kind of Latin American radio soap opera, superseded by the telenovela.

Portuguese

Etymology

From radio- +‎ novela.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.d͡ʒi.o.noˈvɛ.lɐ/ [ˌha.d͡ʒɪ.o.noˈvɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌʁa.d͡ʒjo.noˈvɛ.lɐ/ [ˌha.d͡ʒjo.noˈvɛ.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.d͡ʒi.o.noˈvɛ.lɐ/ [ˌha.d͡ʒɪ.o.noˈvɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌʁa.d͡ʒjo.noˈvɛ.lɐ/ [ˌha.d͡ʒjo.noˈvɛ.lɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.d͡ʒi.o.noˈvɛ.lɐ/ [ˌχa.d͡ʒɪ.o.noˈvɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌʁa.d͡ʒjo.noˈvɛ.lɐ/ [ˌχa.d͡ʒjo.noˈvɛ.lɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.d͡ʒi.o.noˈvɛ.la/ [ˌha.d͡ʒɪ.o.noˈvɛ.la], (faster pronunciation) /ˌʁa.d͡ʒjo.noˈvɛ.la/ [ˌha.d͡ʒjo.noˈvɛ.la]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.djɔ.nuˈvɛ.lɐ/ [ˌʁa.ðjɔ.nuˈvɛ.lɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.djɔ.nuˈvɛ.lɐ/ [ˌʁa.ðjɔ.nuˈvɛ.lɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.djɔ.nuˈbɛ.lɐ/ [ˌʁa.ðjɔ.nuˈβɛ.lɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Hyphenation: ra‧di‧o‧no‧ve‧la

Noun

radionovela f (plural radionovelas)

1. radio drama (soap opera broadcast over the radio)

Spanish

Etymology

From radio- +‎ novela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /radjonoˈbela/ [ra.ð̞jo.noˈβ̞e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ra‧dio‧no‧ve‧la

Noun

radionovela f (plural radionovelas)

1. radio drama

Further reading

• “radionovela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28