melodrama
US /ˈmel.əˌdræm.ə/
UK /ˈmel.əˌdræm.ə/

1.
melodrama
a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions
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The play was a classic melodrama, full of heroes, villains, and damsels in distress.
La obra era un melodrama clásico, lleno de héroes, villanos y damiselas en apuros.
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His life story reads like a cheap melodrama.
Su historia de vida parece un melodrama barato.
2.
sensacionalismo exagerado, dramatismo
exaggerated sensationalism in speech or behavior
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Her constant emotional outbursts were pure melodrama.
Sus constantes arrebatos emocionales eran puro melodrama.
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He added a touch of melodrama to his speech to stir the crowd.
Añadió un toque de melodrama a su discurso para conmover a la multitud.