English

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Etymology

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Blend of demo +‎ intro

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.tɹoʊ/
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Noun

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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)...

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Galician

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Adverb

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dentro

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

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin dē intrō.[1]

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

Adverb

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dentro

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

Preposition

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dentro

  1. in

Noun

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dentro m (uncountable)

  1. inside
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References

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

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Adverb

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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.

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:dentro.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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dentro

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

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Verb

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dentro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dentrar

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