taquillero

Spanish

Etymology

From taquilla (“box office”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /takiˈʝeɾo/ [t̪a.kiˈʝe.ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /takiˈʎeɾo/ [t̪a.kiˈʎe.ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /takiˈʃeɾo/ [t̪a.kiˈʃe.ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /takiˈʒeɾo/ [t̪a.kiˈʒe.ɾo]

  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: ta‧qui‧lle‧ro

Adjective

taquillero (feminine taquillera, masculine plural taquilleros, feminine plural taquilleras)

  1. (film) blockbusting (successful at the box-office)
    • 2021 March 26, Juan Sanguino, “Los cinco géneros que reventaron las taquillas”, in El País‎, retrieved 2021-03-29:
      Sus nueve películas juntos fueron tan taquilleras que El imperio contraataca, de la saga creada por George Lucas, retrasó su estreno para no coincidir en cartel con Yo hice a Roque III, una parodia de Rocky en la que las escaleras de Las Vistillas de Madrid reemplazaban a las de Filadelfia.
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Noun

taquillero m (plural taquilleros, feminine taquillera, feminine plural taquilleras)

  1. box-office worker; ticket salesperson

Further reading
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