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botteghino

box office, ticket booth

noun bot-teh-GEE-noh Rare
Arts & Culture Performance

Origin: Diminutive of bottega ('shop').

Also means

lottery kiosk

Usage Note

Botteghino primarily means the box office of a theatre or cinema where tickets are sold. By extension it refers to the lottery ticket booth (botteghino del lotto). In the media, al botteghino is shorthand for box-office performance, as in 'il film ha avuto successo al botteghino' (the film was a box-office hit).

Examples

"Ho comprato i biglietti al botteghino del teatro."

Natural Translation

I bought the tickets at the theatre box office.

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