entredientes
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From entre (“between”) + dientes (“teeth”).
Adverb[edit]
entredientes
- under one's breath; in a murmur; quietly; especially, so as to avoid being overheard, as when saying something disrespectful
- 1997, María Celeste Arrarás, El Secreto de Selena:
- El padre de Selena dijo entredientes, pero determinado, "¡Yo no me siento con esa gente!"
- Selena's father said under his breath, but determinedly, "I won't sit with those people!"