taquilla
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish taquilla. From taca + -illa, from Arabic طَاق (ṭāq), from Persian طاق (tâq, “arch”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈki.ʎə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Syllabification: ta‧qui‧lla
=== Etymology 1 ===
From taca + -illa, from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa), from Persian طاق (tâq, “arch”).
==== 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)
box office (a place where tickets are sold in a theater or cinema)
ticket booth (a small stall for the sale of tickets)
takings, gate, proceeds
locker; locking file cabinet
Synonym: casillero
(Chile, colloquial) something fashionable or popular
===== Derived terms =====
==== Adjective ====
taquilla m or f (masculine and feminine plural taquillas)
(Chile, colloquial) cool, popular, fashionable
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
===== Related terms =====
===== Descendants =====
→ Catalan: taquilla
→ Tagalog: takilya
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
taquilla on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es