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novela.

novella (short novel or long short story)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/noˈvɛ.lɐ/Brazil/nuˈvɛ.lɐ/Portugal/nuˈbɛ.lɐ/Northern, Portugal[nuˈβɛ.lɐ]Northern, Portugal
  1. novella (short novel or long short story)

    feminine
  2. soap opera (a type of television or radio series)

    feminine
  3. any overdramatic case or event

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

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

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