melodrama in Tagalog
himigdula
/ˈmɛləˌdɹɑːmə/
melodrama in Tagalog: himigdula. In English, melodrama means a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
Tagalog words for melodrama
- romantic drama
- himigdula
English meaning of melodrama
- noun A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
- noun A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.
- noun A passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks.
- noun Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.
melodrama in a sentence
- The grave-digging scene in Beethoven's “Fidelio” has much melodrama.
melodrama in other languages
Questions about melodrama in Tagalog
- What is the meaning of melodrama in Tagalog?
- Melodrama in Tagalog is himigdula.
- Ano ang melodrama sa Tagalog?
- Melodrama: himigdula.
- What does melodrama mean in English?
- Melodrama means a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: melodrama (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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