Definition of "telenovelas" [telenovelas]

• Plural form of telenovela. (noun)

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• "In the world of soap operas, Latin American telenovelas are the most popular, with an audience of more than two billion people worldwide."
• "And despite the long reign of "The Bold and the Beautiful," Latin American telenovelas now attract larger audiences around the world than US soap operas."
• ""Drawing on influences ranging from Latin American telenovelas to classic Hollywood weepies and on an iconography of female endurance that includes Anna Magnani and Joan Crawford, Mr Almodóvar has made yet another picture that moves beyond camp into a realm of wise, luxuriant humanism," writes AO Scott in the New York Times."