taquilla
See also: taquillá
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish taquilla.
Noun
taquilla f (plural taquilles)
Further reading
- “taquilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
From taca + -illa, from Arabic طَاق (ṭāq), from Persian طاق (ṭāq, “wind”).
Pronunciation
Noun
taquilla f (plural taquillas)
- ticket office, box office
- La película será un éxito de taquilla.
- The film will be a box office success.
- takings, gate, proceeds
- locker; locking file cabinet
- 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
Adjective
taquilla m or f (masculine and feminine plural taquillas)
- (Chile, colloquial) cool, popular, fashionable
- 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
Descendants
Further reading
- taquilla on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
References
- “taquilla” in Collins Spanish-English Dictionary
- "taquilla" in Oxford Spanish-English Dictionary
- Template:R:DRAE 2001
- 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.
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