folletín

Spanish

Etymology

From folleto ‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /foʝeˈtin/ [fo.ʝeˈt̪ĩn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /foʝeˈtin/ [fo.ʝeˈt̪ĩn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /foʎeˈtin/ [fo.ʎeˈt̪ĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /foʃeˈtin/ [fo.ʃeˈt̪ĩn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /foʒeˈtin/ [fo.ʒeˈt̪ĩn]

• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: fo‧lle‧tín

Noun

folletín m (plural folletines)

1. a novel (usually of sentimental nature; delivered in a series of installments in a newspaper or magazine)

Derived terms

• folletinista

 

Further reading

• “folletín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28