zarzuela

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

zarzuela (countable and uncountable, plural zarzuelas)

1. (music) A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject.

• zarzuela on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

zarzuela f (plural zarzuelas)

1. Alternative form of zarzuéla

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

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

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

zarzuela f (plural zarzuelas)

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

• zarzuela on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• “zarzuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014