antro
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin antrum (“cave”).[1] Compare French antre, Portuguese and Spanish antro.
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Noun edit
antro m (plural antri)
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Latin edit
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antrō
Lithuanian edit
Adjective edit
añtro
- non-pronominal masculine genitive singular positive degree of añtras (“second”)
Portuguese edit
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antro m (plural antros)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”).
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Noun edit
antro m (plural antros)
- (poetic) cave, cavern
- 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[1], 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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Further reading edit
- “antro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014