soap opera

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

culebrot

telenovel·la

serial

fulletó

sèrie

Sinònims

soap

🧼

telenovela

serial

love story

story

home drama

series on TV

soap-opera

melodrama

Traduccions

Seifenoper

soap opera

feuilleton

telenovela

soap

novela

soap

telenovela

σαπουνόπερα

telenovela

soapreeks

Soap

soapserie

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsoʊp ˌɑ.pɚ.ə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.

Frases

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