theater (a place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on); theater; drama (drama or performance as a profession or art form); theater (a region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war); theatrics; drama; melodrama (exaggerated reaction to life events); movie theater; cinema
“obra de teatro” — play
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyh₂-der. Ancient Greek θεάομαι (theáomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον (théātron)der. Latin theātrumder. Spanish teatro Derived from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”).