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dentro

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of demo +‎ intro.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.tɹoʊ/
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Noun

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dentro (plural dentros)

  1. (demoscene, rare) A production that is classified somewhere between a demo and an intro.
    • 1995, Antti Piirainen, “Yah #4 vote sheet”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
      Vote for any demo released during the last six months before the release of the next issue of Yahoo (7.6.1994 - 7.1.1995). All non-party dentros and dentros competed [sic] in a demo competition at a party belong to this category.
    • 1999, Cruxis, “scary rumour about win2k (billy selling your cpu?)”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
      And if we leave the conspiracy theory for a moment, it was a long time since I saw a TBL demo/dentro/intro, or have I missed something?
    • 2001, Matrix, “Looking for certain demo/intro i released under LSD & DCS.”, in alt.emulators.amiga (Usenet):
      I left the amiga group Plague and joined LSD about 1992, i released a dentro under their name (Anyone know how i can find it again, i think it was simply called LSD dentro)...

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdentɾo/ [ˈd̪en̪.t̪ɾʊ]
  • Rhymes: -entɾo
  • Hyphenation: den‧tro

Adverb

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dentro

  1. inside
    Métete dentro, que vai chover.
    Get inside; it's going to rain.

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin dē intrō.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈden.tro/
  • Rhymes: -entro
  • Hyphenation: dén‧tro

Adverb

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dentro

  1. inside; indoors
  2. inwardly
  3. (informal) imprisoned

Preposition

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dentro

  1. in

Noun

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dentro m (uncountable)

  1. inside
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References

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  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese dentro, from Late Latin dē intrō.

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Adverb

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dentro

  1. inside (within or into something’s interior)
    A bola foi jogada dentro.
    The ball was thrown inside.
    Aqui dentro está fresco.
    It is cool inside.
    • 2009, Joan Vernikos, Thais Russomano, A gravidade, esta grande escultora: como usar a gravidade terrestre a seu favor, EDIPUCRS, →ISBN, page 131:
      O astronauta Jim Bagian, um chocólatra inveterado, conseguiu levar para dentro da Space Shuttle, durante o seu primeiro voo, uma barra de chocolate Mars.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “Revelações”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 24:
      Napoleão enfiava a mão dentro da túnica seguidamente para ajeitar o soutien.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2013, Carlos Sérgio Rodrigues, Anamnesis, Leya, →ISBN, pages 30–31:
      Um vulto encontrava-se dentro do carro.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. indoors (in a building)
    Os gripados devem ficar dentro.
    Those suffering from cold must stay indoors.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin dē intrō (literally from within).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdentɾo/ [ˈd̪ẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -entɾo
  • Syllabification: den‧tro

Adverb

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dentro

  1. inside (for space)
    Dentro de la cajainside the box
    • 2025 January 2, Alaa Elassar, “El conductor del Tesla Cybertruck se disparó antes de la explosión, dice la policía”, in CNN en Español[1]:
      Las autoridades no están identificando a Livelsberger como la persona encontrada dentro del Cybertruck porque el cuerpo encontrado dentro del vehículo estaba quemado hasta quedar irreconocible, dijo el sheriff de Las Vegas, Kevin McMahill, en una conferencia de prensa este jueves.
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  2. indoors
  3. within, in (for time)
    dentro de cinco minutoswithin five minutes

Derived terms

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Verb

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dentro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dentrar

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