taquilla

See also: taquillá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taquilla. From taca +‎ -illa, from Arabic طَاق (ṭāq), from Persian طاق (tâq, “wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈki.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [taˈki.ʎa]

Noun

taquilla f (plural taquilles)

1. 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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /taˈkiʝa/ [t̪aˈki.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /taˈkiʝa/ [t̪aˈki.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /taˈkiʎa/ [t̪aˈki.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /taˈkiʃa/ [t̪aˈki.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /taˈkiʒa/ [t̪aˈki.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: ta‧qui‧lla

Etymology 1

A ticket office in a train station in Austria

A cinema box office

A ticket booth

Lockers

From taca +‎ -illa, from Arabic طَاق (ṭāq), from Persian طاق (tâq, “wind”).

Noun

taquilla f (plural taquillas)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. ticket booth (a small stall for the sale of tickets)
4. takings, gate, proceeds
5. 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.

6. (Chile, colloquial) something fashionable or popular

Derived terms

• taquillazo
• taquillero

 

Adjective

taquilla m or f (masculine and feminine plural taquillas)

1. (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

Etymology 2

Verb

taquilla

1. inflection of taquillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• taquilla on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es