opera
A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes danceA theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance; usually, one sung-through, based on classical music and seen as more artistic and formalized than other forms of musical theater.
» Tom likes to watch soap operas.
Том любит смотреть мыльные оперы.
Том любит смотреть сериалы.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance; usually, one sung-through, based on classical music and seen as more artistic and formalized than other forms of musical theater.
Oper
о́пераópera
о́пераópera
(countable, uncountable)The score for such a work.
Oper
о́пераópera
(countable, uncountable)The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
Oper
(countable, uncountable)A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
Oper, Opernhaus
о́пераópera
(countable, uncountable)A company dedicated to performing such works.
Oper
о́пераópera
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
- a building where musical dramas are performed
- a commercial browser developed by Opera Software
- a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
Examples
27 sentencesTom likes to watch soap operas.
ruТом любит смотреть мыльные оперы. — marafon
Tom likes watching soap operas.
I don't watch soap operas.
ruЯ не смотрю мыльные оперы. — odexed
I'm addicted to soap operas.
Tom caught Mary secretly watching soap operas at night.
ruТом подловил Мэри на просмотре мыльных опер ночью. — odexed
deTom erwischte Maria dabei, wie sie sich heimlich nachts Seifenopern ansah. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.
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Forms
plural: operas / opereSynonyms
1 synonyms- a building where musical dramas are performed:opera house
Word family
63 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable