Home Dee Dee Word of the Day – Jan. 23 – Zarzuela Dee Dee Word of the Day – Jan. 23 – Zarzuela By Staff mB - January 23, 2013 707 Noun: Zarzuela (zahr-ZWAY-luh) Definition: A usually comic Spanish operetta. Sample sentence: One of the highlights of my trip to Mexico was seeing a zarzuela in a historic theater.