dentro

English

Etymology

Blend of demo +‎ intro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.tɹoʊ/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Noun

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)...

Anagrams

• dronte, rodent, torend

Galician

Adverb

dentro

1. inside

   Métete dentro, que vai chover.

   Get inside; it's going to rain.

Further reading

• “dentro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin dē intrō.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

dentro

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

Preposition

dentro

1. in

Noun

dentro m (uncountable)

1. inside

Related terms

• di dentro

Anagrams

• dronte

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• drento (nonstandard)
• dento (nonstandard)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.tɾu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtɾu
• Hyphenation: den‧tro

Adverb

dentro

2. 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.

4. indoors (in a building)

   Os gripados devem ficar dentro.

   Those suffering from cold must stay indoors.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dentro.

Derived terms

• dentro de
• para dentro
• por dentro

Related terms

• adentramento
• adentrar
• dentre
• entrar
• entre

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

dentro

1. inside (for space)

   Dentro de la caja ― inside the box

2. indoors
3. within, in (for time)

   dentro de cinco minutos ― within five minutes

Derived terms

• adentro
• barrer para dentro
• dentro de

 

Verb

dentro

1. first-person singular present indicative of dentrar

Further reading

• “dentro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10