soap opera

See also: soap-opera

English

Etymology

From soap + opera: soap from the soap and detergent commercials originally broadcast during the shows, which were aimed at women who were cleaning their house at the time of viewing; opera from the melodramatic character of the shows.

Noun

soap opera (plural soap operas)

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.

Synonyms

soap (colloquial), daytime serial; story (colloquial, popular among older people)

Translations

television serial

Arabic: تَمْثِيلِيَّة‎ f (tamṯīliyya), (literal), مُسَلْسَلَات تِلِفِزْيُونِيَّة‎ f pl (musalsalāt tilifizyūniyya), مُسَلْسِلَات‎ pl (musalsilāt)
Egyptian Arabic: تمثيلية‎ f (tamseleyya), مسلسل‎ m (mosalsal)
Belarusian: мы́льная о́пера f (mýlʹnaja ópjera), тэлесерыя́л m (teljesjeryjál), серыя́л m (sjeryjál)
Catalan: culebrot m, telenovel·la f, fulletó (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 肥皂劇 (zh), 肥皂剧 (zh) (féizàojù), 電視劇 (zh), 电视剧 (zh) (diànshìjù) (TV), 連續劇 (zh), 连续剧 (zh) (liánxùjù)
Czech: mýdlová opera (cs) f
Danish: sæbeopera c
Dutch: soap (nl) f, soapreeks, soapserie (nl) f
Estonian: seebiooper
Finnish: saippuasarja (fi), saippuaooppera (fi)
French: feuilleton (fr) m, soap opera (fr) m, soap (fr) m, téléroman (fr) m (Quebec)
Galician: telenovela f
German: Soap (de) f, Seifenoper (de) f
Greek: σαπουνόπερα (el) f (sapounópera)
Hebrew: אוֹפֶּרַת סַבּוֹן‎ f (óperat sabón)
Hungarian: szappanopera (hu)
Icelandic: sápuópera f
Indonesian: sinetron (id)
Irish: sobaldráma m, sobalchlár m
Italian: telenovela (it) f
Japanese: 昼メロ (hiru-mero), 昼ドラマ (hiru-dorama), 昼ドラ (hiru-dora), ソープオペラ (sōpuopera), ドラマ (ja) (dorama) (TV series, TV drama), シリーズ (ja) (shirīzu)

Korean: 연속극 (ko) (yeonsokgeuk), 드라마 (ko) (deurama) (TV series, TV drama), 시리즈 (ko) (sirijeu)
Kyrgyz: эзилме опера (ezilme opera)
Luxembourgish: Seefenoper
Macedonian: са́пунска о́пера f (sápunska ópera), сапу́ница f (sapúnica)
Navajo: táláwosh binahjįʼ njilkid
Norwegian:
Bokmål: såpeopera m

Nynorsk: såpeopera m
Persian: اپرای صابون‎ (opera-ye sâbun), اپرای صابونی‎ (opera-ye sâbuni), نمایش صابونی‎ (namâyeš-e sâbuni)
Polish: telenowela (pl) f, opera mydlana (pl) f
Portuguese: telenovela (pt) f, novela (pt) f
Romanian: telenovelă f
Russian: мы́льная о́пера (ru) f (mýlʹnaja ópera), телесериа́л (ru) m (teleseriál), сериа́л (ru) m (seriál)
Scottish Gaelic: siabann m
Slovene: telenovela f
Spanish: telenovela (es) f, culebrón (es) m
Swedish: såpopera (sv) c, såpa (sv) c
Tagalog: telenobela
Thai: น้ำเน่า (náam-nâo), ละครน้ำเน่า (lá-kɔɔn-náam-nâo), ซีรีส์ (sii-rîi)
Turkish: pembe dizi (tr)
Ukrainian: ми́льна о́пера f (mýlʹna ópera), телесеріа́л m (teleseriál), серіа́л m (seriál)

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