telerrealidad

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.

Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)der.

Spanish tele-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís

Proto-Italic *reis

Classical Latin rēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin reālis

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin reālitātem

Spanish realidad

Spanish telerrealidad

From tele- (“tele-”) + realidad (“reality”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telerealiˈdad/ [t̪e.le.re.a.liˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: te‧le‧rre‧a‧li‧dad

Noun

telerrealidad f (uncountable)

1. reality television

Derived terms

• programa de telerrealidad

Further reading

• “telerrealidad”, 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