adentro

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inside

∗ adverb

adentro
adverb
1 inside
  • quédate adentro y no salgas -> stay inside o indoors and don't go out
  • le clavó el cuchillo muy adentro -> he plunged the knife deep into her
  • tierra adentro -> inland
  • mar adentro -> out to sea
  • adentro de -> inside (Am)
adentros
plural masculine noun
also:
  • para mis/tus/etc adentros -> to myself/yourself/etc (pensar, decir)
  • sonrió para sus adentros -> he smiled to himself

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adentro [ah-den’-tro]
adverb
1 Inside, within.
  • De botones adentro -> in my heart
  • Ser muy de adentro -> to be intimate in a house
  • Tierra adentro -> inland
  • Mar adentro -> out to sea
  • Reírse para sus adentros -> to laugh inwardly
  • ¡Adentro -> Come in
Interj.

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adentro
adverbio
1 especialmente (Latinoamérica)
dentro
2
mar adentro out at sea; out to sea; tierra adentro inland; ¡adentro! come in!
preposición
adentro de (Latinoamérica) (dentro de) inside; adentro mío inside myself
sustantivo:masculino
1 (S. Cone) indoors; inside the house
2 adentros (de persona) innermost being; (s) innermost thoughts
dijo para sus adentros he said to himself; reírse para sus adentros to laugh inwardly

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