soap opera

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• US: /ˈsoʊp ˌɑ.pɚ.ə/
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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.

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَمْثِيلِيَّة (tamṯīliyya) — television serial
• Arabic: مُسَلْسَلَات تِلِفِزْيُونِيَّة (musalsalāt tilifizyūniyya) — television serial
• Arabic: مُسَلْسَلَات (musalsalāt) — television serial
• Arabic: تمثيلية (tamseleyya) — television serial
• Arabic: مسلسل (mosalsal) — television serial
• Azerbaijani: sabun operası — television serial
• Belarusian: мы́льная о́пера (mýlʹnaja ópjera) — television serial
• Belarusian: тэлесерыя́л (teljesjeryjál) — television serial
• Belarusian: серыя́л (sjeryjál) — television serial
• Catalan: culebrot — television serial
• Catalan: telenovel·la — television serial
• Catalan: fulletó — television serial
• Chinese Cantonese: 肥皂劇 /肥皂剧 (fei4 zou6 kek6) — television serial
• Chinese Mandarin: 肥皂劇 /肥皂剧 (féizàojù) — television serial
• Chinese Mandarin: 電視劇 /电视剧 (diànshìjù) — television serial
• Chinese Mandarin: 連續劇 /连续剧 (liánxùjù) — television serial
• Czech: mýdlová opera — television serial
• Danish: sæbeopera — television serial
• Dutch: soap — television serial
• Dutch: soapreeks — television serial
• Dutch: soapserie — television serial
• Estonian: seebiooper — television serial
• Finnish: saippuasarja — television serial
• Finnish: saippuaooppera — television serial
• French: feuilleton — television serial
• French: soap opera — television serial
• French: soap — television serial
• French: téléroman — television serial
• Galician: telenovela — television serial
• Georgian: საპნის ოპერა (saṗnis oṗera) — television serial
• German: Soap — television serial
• German: Seifenoper — television serial
• Greek: σαπουνόπερα (sapounópera) — television serial
• Hebrew: אוֹפֶּרַת סַבּוֹן (óperat sabón) — television serial
• Hindi: धारावाहिक (dhārāvāhik) — television serial
• Hungarian: szappanopera — television serial
• Icelandic: sápuópera — television serial
• Indonesian: sinetron — television serial
• Indonesian: opera sabun — television serial
• Irish: sobaldráma — television serial
• Irish: sobalchlár — television serial
• Italian: telenovela — television serial
• Japanese: 昼メロ (hiru-mero) — television serial
• Japanese: 昼ドラマ (hiru-dorama) — television serial
• Japanese: 昼ドラ (hiru-dora) — television serial
• Japanese: ソープオペラ (sōpuopera) — television serial
• Japanese: ドラマ (dorama) — television serial
• Japanese: シリーズ (shirīzu) — television serial
• Korean: 연속극 (yeonsokgeuk) — television serial
• Korean: 드라마 (deurama) — television serial
• Korean: 시리즈 (sirijeu) — television serial
• Kyrgyz: эзилме опера — television serial
• Luxembourgish: Seefenoper — television serial
• Macedonian: са́пунска о́пера (sápunska ópera) — television serial
• Macedonian: сапу́ница (sapúnica) — television serial
• Navajo: táláwosh binahjįʼ njilkid — television serial
• Norwegian Bokmål: såpeopera — television serial
• Norwegian Nynorsk: såpeopera — television serial
• Persian: اپرای صابون (operâ-ye sâbun) — television serial
• Persian: اپرای صابونی (operâ-ye sâbuni) — television serial
• Persian: نمایش صابونی (namâyeš-e sâbuni) — television serial
• Polish: telenowela — television serial
• Polish: opera mydlana — television serial
• Portuguese: telenovela — television serial
• Portuguese: novela — television serial
• Romanian: telenovelă — television serial
• Russian: мы́льная о́пера (mýlʹnaja ópera) — television serial
• Russian: телесериа́л (teleseriál) — television serial
• Russian: сериа́л (seriál) — television serial
• Scottish Gaelic: siabann — television serial
• Slovene: telenovela — television serial
• Spanish: telenovela — television serial
• Spanish: culebrón — television serial
• Spanish: folletín — television serial
• Spanish: novelón — television serial
• Swedish: såpopera — television serial
• Swedish: såpa — television serial
• Tagalog: telenobela — television serial
• Thai: น้ําเน่า (náam-nâo) — television serial
• Thai: ละครน้ําเน่า (lá-kɔɔn-náam-nâo) — television serial
• Thai: ซีรีส์ (sii-rîi) — television serial
• Turkish: pembe dizi — television serial
• Ukrainian: ми́льна о́пера (mýlʹna ópera) — television serial
• Ukrainian: телесеріа́л (teleseriál) — television serial
• Ukrainian: серіа́л (seriál) — television serial