soap opera

Etymology
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.

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  Such serials in general.
 * 1)  Such serials in general.
 * 1)  Such serials in general.
 * 1)  Such serials in general.
 * 1)  Such serials in general.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَمْثِيلِيَّة,, مُسَلْسَلَات تِلِفِزْيُونِيَّة, مُسَلْسَلَات
 * Egyptian Arabic: تمثيلية, مسلسل
 * Belarusian: мы́льная о́пера, тэлесерыя́л, серыя́л
 * Catalan: culebrot, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 肥皂劇
 * Mandarin:, (TV),
 * Czech:
 * Danish: sæbeopera
 * Dutch:, soapreeks,
 * Estonian: seebiooper
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician: telenovela
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אוֹפֶּרַת סַבּוֹן
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: sápuópera
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: sobaldráma, sobalchlár
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 昼メロ, 昼ドラマ, 昼ドラ, ソープオペラ, ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kyrgyz: эзилме опера
 * Luxembourgish: Seefenoper
 * Macedonian: са́пунска о́пера, сапу́ница
 * Navajo: táláwosh binahjįʼ njilkid
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: såpeopera
 * Nynorsk: såpeopera
 * Persian: اپرای صابون, اپرای صابونی, نمایش صابونی
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: telenovelă
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: siabann
 * Slovene: telenovela
 * Spanish:, , folletín,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: telenobela
 * Thai: น้ำเน่า, ละครน้ำเน่า, ซีรีส์
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ми́льна о́пера, телесеріа́л, серіа́л