dentro

Etymology

Blend of demo +‎ intro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.tɹoʊ/

• Audio (UK):

  (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 ^[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)...

Anagrams

• dronte, rodent, torend

Adverb

dentro

1. inside

   Métete dentro, que vai chover.

   Get inside; it's going to rain.

Further reading

• “dentro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025