entrar

Meaning

1. to enter
2. to begin
3. tackle (to attempt to take away a ball)

Opposite of

saír, comezar

Pronounced as (IPA)

[enˈtɾaɾ]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: intrāre

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese entrar, intrar, from Latin intrāre.

Sentences

Os gardas están nas portas , non para impedir entrar , senón para impedir saír .

The guards are at the gates, not to prevent them from entering, but to prevent them from leaving.

Só se pode entrar ou saír do municipio por causa xustificada.

You can only enter or leave the municipality for a justified reason.

Este home non durmía e fitaba con atención ao que acababa de entrar .

This man did not sleep and looked carefully at what had just come in.