internar
Spanish, verb/inteɾˈnaɾ/
internar is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Internar is a Spanish verb meaning “to send into (especially the interior of a country or region)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conducir o mandar trasladar tierra adentro a una persona o cosa”.
What does internar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to send into (especially the interior of a country or region)
- 2
to commit or confine inside a place or institution
- 3
to intern; to work as an intern
- 4
to immerse oneself in (e.g. a topic of study)
- 5
to enter (especially surreptitiously)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Conducir o mandar trasladar tierra adentro a una persona o cosa. 2. Disponer el ingreso de alguien a un hospital para que quede haciendo reposo en alguna camilla.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of internar
- interno first-person present singular
- interné first-person preterite singular
- internado participle past
- internando gerund
- internada feminine participle past
- internados masculine participle past
- internadas feminine participle past
- internas indicative informal present
- internás indicative informal present
- interna indicative present singular
- internamos first-person indicative plural
- internáis indicative plural present
- internan indicative plural present
- internaba first-person imperfect indicative
- internabas imperfect indicative second-person
- internábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- internabais imperfect indicative plural
- internaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce internar?
- /inteɾˈnaɾ/
- [ĩn̪.t̪eɾˈnaɾ]
- [ĩn̪t̪eɾˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to internar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is internar in Spanish?
internar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).