Zarzuela (noun)
zah-zweyl-a
A Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and often a satirically treated, topical theme
First used in English between 1885–90. From Spanish, after La Zarzeula, a palace near Madrid where the first performance took place (1629).
Example sentences
“It was a zarzuela on the state of the economy.”
Word of the Day - Ergatocracy (noun) ur-gat-ok-ra-see Government by the workers.
