taquillazo

Spanish

Etymology

From taquilla +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /takiˈʝaθo/ [t̪a.kiˈʝa.θo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /takiˈʝaθo/ [t̪a.kiˈʝa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /takiˈʎaθo/ [t̪a.kiˈʎa.θo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /takiˈʝaso/ [t̪a.kiˈʝa.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /takiˈʝaso/ [t̪a.kiˈʝa.so]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /takiˈʎaso/ [t̪a.kiˈʎa.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /takiˈʃaso/ [t̪a.kiˈʃa.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /takiˈʒaso/ [t̪a.kiˈʒa.so]

• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ta‧qui‧lla‧zo

Noun

taquillazo m (plural taquillazos)

1. blockbuster

Further reading

• “taquillazo”, 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