Meanings (ES + gloss)
saponáceo
Literal senses:
Bases dissolve skin oils and have a soapy feel to them.
jabonoso
Literal senses:
Near-synonym: soaped up
The dishwasher uses hot soapy water to clean the dishes and silverware.
enjabonado
Literal senses:
His skin was still soapy after the shower.
folletinesco
Resembling a soap opera.
The heightened worlds of darkly comedic satire and soapy high-school romance make it easy enough to roll with unrealistic casting choices—and that goes for stage musicals, too, whe…
This Diana-obsessed series is the very definition of bad writing. Despite the brilliant cast, it’s a crass, soapy dive into the abyss – not least in the atrocious scenes featuring…