teatro

/teˈatɾo/, [t̪eˈa.t̪ɾo]

theater, theatre


Noun teatro m (plural teatros)

  1. theater, theatre (building where plays are performed)
  2. theater, drama (drama or performance as a profession or art form)
    obra de teatro
    play
    En general, prefiero el cine al teatro.
    I generally prefer cinema to drama.
  3. theater (a region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war)
  4. theatrics, drama, melodrama (exaggerated reaction to life events)
    ¡Relájate y no le eches tanto teatro!
    Relax and don't be so dramatic!
  5. (US, chiefly in names) movie theater, cinema

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Nos vemos en el teatro.

    We'll meet in the theater.

  • Yo considero el teatro como la más grande de todas las formas de arte, la más inmediata forma en cual un ser humano puede compartir con un otro el sentido de lo que es ser un ser humano.

    I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.

  • ¿Puedes conseguir que él venga al teatro?

    Can you get him to come to the theater?

  • Tom desearía haber ido al teatro anoche.

    Tom wishes he had gone to the theater last night.

  • ¿Sueles ir a ver obras de teatro?

    Do you often go to see plays?

  • ¿Quién va a interpretar el papel en tu obra de teatro?

    Who is going to play the part in your play?

  • Voy al teatro.

    I go to the theatre.

  • Había un mogollón de gente a la entrada del teatro.

    There was a crowd of people at the entrance of the theater.

  • Mostré mi billete al portero y entré al teatro.

    I showed my ticket to the doorman and went into the theatre.

  • ¿Qué teatro es ese?

    Which theater is that?

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