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dentro

adverbBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “dentro” mean in English?

  1. inside

Example sentences

  • El gato está dentro.

    The cat is inside.

  • Está dentro de la caja.

    It's inside the box.

  • Dentro de cinco minutos.

    In five minutes.

How to use it

Dentro means 'inside'. Adverb of location. Pair with 'de' for objects: dentro de la caja (inside the box).

Common mistake

Dentro de also means 'in [time period]': 'dentro de cinco minutos' = 'in 5 minutes'. The 'inside' and 'in [time]' senses both use 'dentro de'.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 31.