Polyglot Dictionary

adentrar

/adẽˈtɾaɾ/

verb C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
adentro
preterite (eu)
adentrei
past participle
adentrado

Meaning

  1. to enter

    • Adentrou a floresta.

      He went into the forest.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

entrar

adentrar is more formal or literary, to venture deep into somewhere; entrar is the basic, everyday word for "to enter."

ingressar

adentrar is more formal or literary, to venture deep into somewhere; ingressar means to enroll or formally join, like an institution — both mean "to enter."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

entrar

entrar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to enter."

French

entrer

entrer is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to enter."

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