zarzuela

See also: zarzuéla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zarzuela, probably from the Palace of Zarzuela, royal residence near Madrid where it was first performed.

Noun

zarzuela (countable and uncountable, plural zarzuelas)

1. (music) A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject.
2. (cooking) A Catalan fish soup or stew.

   Coordinate term: bouillabaisse

   • 1964, Jan Morris, “Plural Spain”, in Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:

     Only in Catalonia can you eat a proper zarzuela, a gargantuan fish soup; […] .

Translations

opera

• Catalan: sarsuela (ca) f
• Spanish: zarzuela (es) f

fish soup

• Catalan: sarsuela (ca) f, sarsuela de peix f
• Spanish: zarzuela (es) f

Further reading

• zarzuela on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

zarzuela f (plural zarzuelas)

1. Alternative form of zarzuéla

Further reading

• “zarzuela”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

From La Zarzuela, royal residence near Madrid where it was first performed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaɾˈθwela/ [θaɾˈθwe.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saɾˈswela/ [saɾˈswe.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: zar‧zue‧la

Noun

zarzuela f (plural zarzuelas)

1. (music) zarzuela (form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue)

Descendants

• → Catalan: sarsuela
• → Tagalog: sarsuwela

Further reading

• zarzuela on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• “zarzuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10