Portuguese
Feminine

novela

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  1. (feminine) novella (short novel or long short story)
  2. (feminine) soap opera (a type of television or radio series)
  3. (feminine, figuratively) any overdramatic case or event

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C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/noˈvɛ.lɐ/
Etymology

Borrowed from Italian
Italian
novella
In summary

Borrowed from Italian novella (“tale”), from Latin novella, feminine of novellus (“new; fresh”), from novus (“new”), Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

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