What does teatro in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word teatro in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use teatro in Spanish.

The word teatro in Spanish means theater, drama, theater, theatrics, theater with a coffee shop, be melodramatic, make a scene, play, play, performing arts workshop, theatrical group, theatrical ensemble, theatrical workshop, theater of war, war theater, classic theater, chamber theater, shadow theater, children's theater, go back to the theater, return to the theater. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word teatro

theater

nombre masculino (lugar para representaciones) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En el teatro representan Hamlet.
They're putting on Hamlet in the theater.

drama

nombre masculino (género literario) (literary genre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Shakespeare solía escribir teatro.
Shakespeare usually wrote drama.

theater

nombre masculino (oficio de actor) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me dedico al teatro.
I work in theater.

theatrics

nombre masculino (desaprobación (farsa, exageración)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
¡Ya estoy harta de tanto teatro! Sé que quieres ir a la playa, pero te encanta hacerte de rogar.
I've had enough of all this theatrics! I know you want to go to the beach, but you love making things difficult.

theater with a coffee shop

nombre masculino (sala de teatro y café) (literally)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

be melodramatic, make a scene

locución verbal (fingir)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Le encanta hacer teatro cuando las cosas le salen mal.
He loves to be melodramatic (or: he loves to make a scene) when things go wrong.

play

(texto, diálogos) (theater)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Luisa lleva dos años escribiendo una obra de teatro.
Luisa has spent two years writing a play.

play

(función teatral)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En la obra de teatro de la escuela, mi hijo representará al príncipe.
My son is the prince in the school play.

performing arts workshop

(curso, asignatura)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

theatrical group, theatrical ensemble, theatrical workshop

(grupo artístico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

theater of war, war theater

(de guerra, violencia) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

classic theater

(tipo de teatro) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Martín estudia teatro clásico en la universidad.

chamber theater

locución nominal masculina (de escenario simple) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

shadow theater

(tipo de teatro) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El fin de semana iremos a ver teatro de sombras.
This weekend we are going to a shadow theater.

children's theater

(para niños) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

go back to the theater, return to the theater

locución verbal (regresar a las tablas) (US)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

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