soap opera

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable) A radio or television serial, typically broadcast in the afternoon or evening, about the lives of melodramatic characters, which are often filled with strong emotions, highly dramatic situations and suspense.
2. (uncountable) Such serials in general.
3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Any story that is like a soap opera, as by being convoluted or melodramatic.

Sinonieme

soap

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telenovela

serial

love story

story

home drama

series on TV

soap-opera

melodrama

Vertalings

Seifenoper

feuilleton

soap opera

telenovela

soap

novela

culebrot

σαπουνόπερα

soap

telenovela

telenovela

Soap

telenovel·la

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsoʊp ˌɑ.pɚ.ə/

Etimologie (Engels)

From the soap and detergent commercials originally broadcast during the shows, which were aimed at the audience of women who were doing their cleaning; opera from the melodramatic character of the shows, as the earlier horse opera.

Sinne

Shaw has played the character of Eve Jenson in the soap opera "Emmerdale".