taquillazo

Spanish

Etymology

From taquilla +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

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

IPA^(key): /takiˈʝaso/ [t̪a.kiˈʝa.so] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /takiˈʎaso/ [t̪a.kiˈʎa.so] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /takiˈʃaso/ [t̪a.kiˈʃa.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /takiˈʒaso/ [t̪a.kiˈʒa.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: ta‧qui‧lla‧zo

Noun

taquillazo m (plural taquillazos)

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], 10 December 2024