folletín
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foʝeˈtin/ [fo.ʝeˈt̪ĩn] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /foʎeˈtin/ [fo.ʎeˈt̪ĩn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /foʃeˈtin/ [fo.ʃeˈt̪ĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /foʒeˈtin/ [fo.ʒeˈt̪ĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: fo‧lle‧tín
Noun
folletín m (plural folletines)
- a novel (usually of sentimental nature; delivered in a series of installments in a newspaper or magazine)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “folletín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025