Telenovela (noun)
Definition: A soap opera produced in and televised in or from many latin-american countries.
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telenovela
Found in: Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros
Quote: “Or to the girlfriend’s house to watch the latest telenovela episode and try to copy the way the woman comb their hair, wear they makeup.”
The explains that the episode is a latin-american soap opera she enjoyed to watch with her girlfriends.