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Italian
Etymology
From Latin antrum (“cave”).[1] Compare French antre, Portuguese and Spanish antro.
Pronunciation
Noun
antro m (plural antri)
- cave, cavern
- Synonym: cavità
- (anatomy) antrum
References
- ^ antro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin
Noun
antrō
- dative/ablative singular of antrum
Lithuanian
Adjective
añtro
- non-pronominal masculine genitive singular positive degree of añtras (“second”)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
antro m (plural antros)
- (anatomy) antrum (a bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls)
- (Brazil, informal) dive (seedy bar)
- Synonym: (Brazil) inferninho
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”).
Pronunciation
Noun
antro m (plural antros)
- (poetic) cave, cavern
- Synonyms: cueva, caverna, gruta
- hovel, dive, shithole, dump (an establishment, locale, home, etc., of untidy appearance or bad reputation)
- (Honduras, Mexico, South America, informal) dive, club (disreputable nightclub)
2021 May 3, Elías Camhaji, “Tragos bajo tierra, pasadizos ocultos, cero mascarillas: los antros clandestinos de Ciudad de México”, in El País, retrieved 2021-05-03:Este último mes, varias publicaciones en redes sociales dieron cuenta de la última rebelión de los antros, como se les conoce en el país, contra la prohibición de las autoridades.- This last month, several publications on social media have gotten wind of the latest rebellion of the dive bars, as they are known in the country, against restriction by authorities.
- (anatomy) antrum
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