bilheteira
Portuguese
A ticket office in a train station in Austria
A cinema box office
A ticket booth
A wallet
Etymology
From bilhete (“ticket”) + -eira.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.ʎeˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [bi.ʎeˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.ʎeˈte(j).ɾa/ [bi.ʎeˈte(ɪ̯).ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.ʎɨˈtɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.ʎɨˈtej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.ʎɨˈtej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.ʎɨˈte.ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: bi‧lhe‧tei‧ra
Noun
bilheteira f (plural bilheteiras)
- (Portugal) ticket office, (UK) booking office (an office or booth where tickets may be purchased to allow admittance or for travel, in train station)
- Synonyms: (Brazil) bilheteria, (Brazil) bilhetaria
- (Portugal) box office (a place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema)
- Synonyms: (Brazil) bilheteria, (Brazil) bilhetaria
- (Portugal) ticket booth (a small stall for the sale of tickets)
- Synonyms: (Brazil) bilheteria, (Brazil) bilhetaria
- a container for holding tickets
- a wallet for holding tickets
- female equivalent of bilheteiro
Related terms
- bilhetagem
- bilhete
- bilheteiro
- bilheteria
Further reading
- “bilheteira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “bilheteira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “bilheteira”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “bilheteira”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025