teatro

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

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

"teatro" in the Answers forum

Q: What's the difference between "la entrada del/para el teatro"?
A: WEll, really and truly if we see this without context: La entrade del teatro: the main entrance of the theatre La entrada para el teatro: ...the ticket…
Q: Cuando fuimos al teatro, a nadie le gustaba la película.
A: yes, that's what it means, but you would say "a nadie le gustó la película", or better yet, "no le gustó la película a nadia"
Q: Cual es el telefono del teatro?
A: what is the number to the theater? is the question.
Q: Muy importante: Teatro vs. Cine
A: cine = movies, movie theater, cinema theater = teatro is usually for a play, musical, opera, symphony, almost anything other than a movie
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