dentro
Spanish, adverb
dentro is spelled D-E-N-T-R-O (6 letters) and appears 339 times per million words in written Spanish, the 236th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dentro is a Spanish adverb meaning “inside (for space)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of dentrar. With an accent, dentró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of dentrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En el interior”.
What does dentro mean in English?
adverb
- 1
inside (for space)
Dentro de la caja
- 2
indoors
- 3
within, in (for time)
dentro de cinco minutos
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of dentrar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of dentrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En el interior.
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.
English words that translate to dentro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dentro in Spanish?
dentro appears 339 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).