dentro

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English

Etymology

Blend of demo +‎ intro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.tɹoʊ/
  • (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 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

Adverb

dentro

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

Further reading

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

References

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

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.
  2. indoors (in a building)
    Os gripados devem ficar dentro.
    Those suffering from cold must stay indoors.

Quotations

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

dentro

  1. inside (for space)
    Dentro de la cajainside the box
  2. indoors
  3. within, in (for time)
    dentro de cinco minutoswithin five minutes

Derived terms

Verb

dentro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dentrar

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