taquillar

Spanish

Etymology

From taquilla +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /takiˈʝaɾ/ [t̪a.kiˈʝaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /takiˈʎaɾ/ [t̪a.kiˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /takiˈʃaɾ/ [t̪a.kiˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /takiˈʒaɾ/ [t̪a.kiˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ta‧qui‧llar

Verb

taquillar (first-person singular present taquillo, first-person singular preterite taquillé, past participle taquillado)

(intransitive, Chile, colloquial) to seek popularity, strut one's stuff

Conjugation

Conjugation of taquillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			taquillar
gerund			taquillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		taquillado		taquillada
		plural		taquillados		taquilladas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	taquillo	taquillas^{^tú} taquillás^{^vos}	taquilla	taquillamos	taquilláis	taquillan
	imperfect	taquillaba	taquillabas	taquillaba	taquillábamos	taquillabais	taquillaban
	preterite	taquillé	taquillaste	taquilló	taquillamos	taquillasteis	taquillaron
	future	taquillaré	taquillarás	taquillará	taquillaremos	taquillaréis	taquillarán
	conditional	taquillaría	taquillarías	taquillaría	taquillaríamos	taquillaríais	taquillarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	taquille	taquilles^{^tú} taquillés^{^vos²}	taquille	taquillemos	taquilléis	taquillen
	imperfect (ra)	taquillara	taquillaras	taquillara	taquilláramos	taquillarais	taquillaran
	imperfect (se)	taquillase	taquillases	taquillase	taquillásemos	taquillaseis	taquillasen
	future¹	taquillare	taquillares	taquillare	taquilláremos	taquillareis	taquillaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		taquilla^{^tú} taquillá^{^vos}	taquille	taquillemos	taquillad	taquillen
	negative		no taquilles	no taquille	no taquillemos	no taquilléis	no taquillen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

“taquillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025