drama

/ˈdɾama/ · B1 · noun · m

drama

🎭 Same as English drama, from Greek drâma = a deed, an action

It comes from Greek dran, to do or act, so a drama is something acted out on stage. It is masculine despite ending in -a: el drama, like el problema and el tema, which are also Greek-origin -ma nouns.

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