taquillero

high-grossing

adjective tah-kee-YEH-rroh Rare

Also means

popular, crowd-pleasing

Usage Note

Taquillero relates to taquilla (box office, ticket window) and describes a film, show, or performer that draws large paying audiences (una película taquillera). As a noun, el taquillero/la taquillera instead means a ticket-office clerk. The feminine adjective is taquillera.

Examples

"Fue el actor más taquillero del año."

Natural Translation

He was the highest-grossing actor of the year.

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