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Spanish
Etymology
From taquilla (“box office”) + -ero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /takiˈʝeɾo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /takiˈʎeɾo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /takiˈʃeɾo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /takiˈʒeɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ta‧qui‧lle‧ro
Adjective
taquillero (feminine taquillera, masculine plural taquilleros, feminine plural taquilleras)
- (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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
taquillero m (plural taquilleros, feminine taquillera, feminine plural taquilleras)
- box-office worker; ticket salesperson
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