No. 227 in Italian
dietro
"Behind" or "at the back."
In a sentence
La chiave è dietro al vaso.
The key is behind the vase.
In this sentence, 'dietro' is used as a preposition to indicate spatial location ('behind').
Ci hai nascosto qualcosa dietro quella porta?
Did you hide something behind that door?
Here, 'dietro' acts as a preposition indicating the location ('behind') in a context of concealment.
Ho camminato lentamente dietro di te.
I walked slowly behind you.
In this example, 'dietro' is used as an adverb, followed by 'di' to connect to the pronoun 'te', forming a phrase that means 'behind you'.
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