antro

Etymology

From Latin antrum (“cave”).^[1] Compare French antre, Portuguese and Spanish antro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.tro/
• Rhymes: -antro
• Hyphenation: àn‧tro

Noun

antro m (plural antri)

1. cave, cavern

   Synonym: cavità

2. (anatomy) antrum

References

Anagrams

• torna

Noun

antrō

1. dative/ablative singular of antrum

Adjective

añtro

1. non-pronominal masculine genitive singular positive degree of añtras (“second”)

Pronunciation

Noun

antro m (plural antros)

1. (anatomy) antrum (a bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls)
2. (Brazil, informal) dive (seedy bar)

   Synonym: (Brazil) inferninho

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈantɾo/ [ˈãn̪.t̪ɾo]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -antɾo
• Syllabification: an‧tro

Noun

antro m (plural antros)

1. (poetic) cave, cavern

   Synonyms: cueva, caverna, gruta

2. hovel, dive, shithole, dump (an establishment, locale, home, etc., of untidy appearance or bad reputation)
3. (Honduras, Mexico, South America, informal) dive, club (disreputable nightclub)
   • 2021 May 3, Elías Camhaji, “Tragos bajo tierra, pasadizos ocultos, cero mascarillas: los antros clandestinos de Ciudad de México”, in El País‎, retrieved 2021-05-03:

     Este último mes, varias publicaciones en redes sociales dieron cuenta de la última rebelión de los antros, como se les conoce en el país, contra la prohibición de las autoridades.

     This last month, several publications on social media have gotten wind of the latest rebellion of the dive bars, as they are known in the country, against restriction by authorities.

4. (anatomy) antrum

Further reading

• “antro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10