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English
Etymology
Blend of demo + intro
Pronunciation
Noun
dentro (plural dentros)
- (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 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
Galician
Adverb
dentro
- inside
Métete dentro, que vai chover.- Get inside; it's going to rain.
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin dē intrō.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
dentro
- inside; indoors
- inwardly
- (informal) imprisoned
Preposition
dentro
- in
Noun
dentro m (uncountable)
- inside
References
- ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese dentro, from Late Latin dē intrō.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ẽtɾu
- Hyphenation: den‧tro
Adverb
dentro
- 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.
- indoors (in a building)
Os gripados devem ficar dentro.- Those suffering from cold must stay indoors.
Quotations
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Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin dē intrō (literally “from within”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
dentro
- inside (for space)
- Dentro de la caja ― inside the box
- indoors
- within, in (for time)
- dentro de cinco minutos ― within five minutes
Derived terms
Verb
dentro
- first-person singular present indicative of dentrar
Further reading