taquilla

ticket office, (UK) booking office (an office or booth where tickets may be purchased to allow admittance or for travel, in a train station); box office (a place where tickets are sold in a theater or cinema); ticket booth (a small stall for the sale of tickets); takings, gate, proceeds; locker; locking file cabinet

“Los billetes se compran en la taquilla.” — Tickets are bought at the ticket office.

From taca + -illa, from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa), from Persian طاق (tâq, “arch”).

cool, popular, fashionable

“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.

From taca + -illa, from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa), from Persian طاق (tâq, “arch”).