taquilla
See also: taquillá
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish taquilla.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /təˈki.ʎə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /taˈki.ʎa/
Noun
taquilla f (plural taquilles)
- ticket office, box office
- Coordinate term: guixeta
Derived terms
- taquiller
Further reading
- “taquilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
A ticket office in a train station in Austria
A cinema box office
A ticket booth
Lockers
Etymology
From taca + -illa, from Arabic طَاق (ṭāq), from Persian طاق (ṭāq, “wind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /taˈkiʝa/ [t̪aˈki.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /taˈkiʎa/ [t̪aˈki.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /taˈkiʃa/ [t̪aˈki.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /taˈkiʒa/ [t̪aˈki.ʒa]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: ta‧qui‧lla
Noun
taquilla f (plural taquillas)
- ticket office, (UK) booking office (an office or booth where tickets may be purchased to allow admittance or for travel, in a train station)
- Los billetes se compran en la taquilla.
- Tickets are bought at the ticket office.
- box office (a place where tickets are sold in a theater or cinema)
- Las entradas se compran en la taquilla.
- Tickets are bought at the box office.
- ticket booth (a small stall for the sale of tickets)
- takings, gate, proceeds
- locker; locking file cabinet
- Synonym: casillero
- 1905, Luis Ruiz Contreras (tr.), El señor Bergeret en París, translation of Monsieur Bergeret à Paris by Anatole France, published 1901, Capítulo XI:
- Una taquilla y una caja de caudales, un sofá, cuatro sillas y un escritorio de madera negra componían el mobiliario de aquella habitación, a la vez íntima y administrativa.
- A file cabinet and a safe, a sofa, four chairs and a black wooden desk made up the furniture of that room, at the same time intimate and administrative.
- ante 2009, Leopoldo Alas Mínguez, “La Taquilla”, in La loca aventura de vivir, page 40:
- Se refrescó un poco y, con paso decidido, se encaminó al vestuario. Eran las tantas. Pero cuando se disponía a abrir su taquilla con la llave, sintió un repentino mareo y apoyó la cabeza contra la chapa metálica durante unos instantes.
- He cooled down a little and, with a determined stride, headed for the changing room. It was very late. But when he prepared to open his locker with the key, he felt suddenly dizzy and rested his head against the metal panel for a few moments.
- (Chile, colloquial) something fashionable or popular
Derived terms
- taquillazo
- taquillero
Adjective
taquilla (plural taquillas)
- (Chile, colloquial) cool, popular, fashionable
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
- 1997, Marta Lagos, “Reconquistar los símbolos de un destino común”, in Mensaje, Issues 456-465:
- Lo chileno esta out, porque no es moderno, porque no es taquilla, porque no viene del extranjero.
- That which is Chilean is out, because it is not modern, because it is not cool, because it does not come from abroad.
Related terms
- taca
- taco
- taquillar
Descendants
- → Catalan: taquilla
- → Tagalog: takilya
Verb
taquilla
- inflection of taquillar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References
- “taquilla” in Collins Spanish-English Dictionary
- "taquilla" in Oxford Spanish-English Dictionary
- Emilio Rivano Fischer, Dictionary of Chilean Slang: Your Key to Chilean Language and Culture, page 589. AuthorHouse, 2010. →ISBN.
- Rodolfo Oroz, Diccionario de la lengua castellana, page 690-691. Editorial Universitaria, 1999. →ISBN.
Further reading
- “taquilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
taquilla on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es