teatro

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teatro
masculine noun
1 theater (espectáculo, edificio)
  • teatro experimental -> fringe theater
  • teatro lírico -> opera and light opera
  • teatro de variedades -> music hall (British), variety, vaudeville (United States)
2 play-acting (fingimiento)
  • hacer teatro -> to playact

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teatro [tay-ah’-tro]
noun
1 Stage, on which any show is exhibited. (m)
2 Theater, stage, playhouse. (m)
3 The people attending at a playhouse. (m)
4 Theater, collection of plays belonging to a nation. (m)
5 The profession or practice of dramatic art. (m)
6 Stage, place where anything is exposed to the applause or censure of the world. (m)
  • Teatro de aficionados -> amateur theater
  • Escribir para el teatro -> to write for the stage
  • El teatro de Cervantes -> Cervantes' plays
  • Hacer teatro -> to exaggerate

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teatro
sustantivo:masculino
1 (gen) theatre; theater; (EEUU) (escenario) stage
el teatro es mi vocación
escribir para el teatro to write for the stage; en el teatro es una persona muy distinta she's a very different person on the stage; hacer que se venga abajo el teatro to bring the house down
teatro amateur teatro de aficionados amateur theatre; amateur dramatics
teatro de calle street theatre
teatro del absurdo theatre of the absurd
teatro de la ópera opera house
teatro de repertorio repertory theatre
teatro de títeres puppet theatre
teatro de variedades variety theatre; music hall; vaudeville theater; (EEUU)
2 (Literat) (género) drama; (obras de teatro) plays; (p)
el teatro del siglo XVIII 18th century theatre drama;o el teatro de Cervantes Cervantes's plays
3 [de suceso] scene; (Mil) theatre; theater; (EEUU)
teatro de guerra theatre of war
teatro de operaciones theatre of operations
4 (exageración)
hacer teatro (alborotar) to make a fuss; (exagerar) to exaggerate; tiene mucho teatro he's always so melodramatic
5 (Latinoamérica) (cine) cinema; movies; (p)

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