adentro
Spanish, noun
adentro is spelled A-D-E-N-T-R-O (7 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adentro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “one's innermost thoughts, deep down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an only used in me adentro, first-person singular present indicative of adentrarse. With an accent, adentró is a different word: “only used in se adentró, third-person singular preterite indicative…”.
What does adentro mean in English?
adverb
- 1
inside (especially implying a motion into)
Fue adentro.
noun
- 1
masculineone's innermost thoughts, deep down
interjection
- 1
come in!
verb
- 1
only used in me adentro, first-person singular present indicative of adentrarse
verb
- 1
only used in se adentró, third-person singular preterite indicative of adentrarse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Hacia el interior. 2. Dentro.
interjection: 1. Se usa para ordenar o invitar a una o varias personas a que entren en alguna parte. 2. Se usa en las canciones folclóricas para introducir el primer verso. 3. Se usa para dar ánimo al soldado o al deportista.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adentro
- adentros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to adentro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adentro in Spanish?
adentro appears 39 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).