Borrowed fromSpanishtaquilla. Fromtaca +-illa, fromArabicطَاق(ṭāq), fromPersianطاق(tâq,“arch”).
taquilla f (pluraltaquilles)
- ticket office,box office
- Coordinate term:guixeta
- IPA(key): /taˈkiʝa/[t̪aˈki.ʝa]
- Syllabification:ta‧qui‧lla
A ticket office in a train station in Austria
Fromtaca +-illa, fromArabicطَاقَة(ṭāqa), fromPersianطاق(tâq,“arch”).
taquilla f (pluraltaquillas)
- 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 lataquilla.- Tickets are bought at theticket office.
- box office(a place where tickets are sold in a theater or cinema)
Las entradas se compran en lataquilla.- Tickets are bought at thebox office.
- ticket booth(a small stall for the sale of tickets)
- takings,gate,proceeds
- locker; lockingfile cabinet
- Synonym:casillero
1905, Luis Ruiz Contreras (tr.),El señor Bergeret en París, translation ofMonsieur Bergeret à Paris byAnatole France, published1901,Capítulo XI:Unataquilla 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.- Afile 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”, inLa loca aventura de vivir,page40:Se refrescó un poco y, con paso decidido, se encaminó al vestuario. Eran las tantas. Pero cuando se disponía a abrir sutaquilla 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 hislocker with the key, he felt suddenly dizzy and rested his head against the metal panel for a few moments.
- (Chile, colloquial) somethingfashionable orpopular
taquilla m orf (masculine and feminine pluraltaquillas)
- (Chile, colloquial)cool,popular,fashionable
- Synonyms:seeThesaurus:guay
1997, Marta Lagos, “Reconquistar los símbolos de un destino común”, inMensaje, Issues 456-465:Lo chileno estaout, porque no es moderno, porque no estaquilla, porque no viene del extranjero.- That which is Chilean isout, because it is not modern, because it is notcool, because it does not come from abroad.
taquilla
- inflection oftaquillar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative