internar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.teʁˈna(ʁ)/
internar is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Internar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to put inside” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pôr dentro”.
What does internar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put inside
- 2
to commit or confine (someone) inside a place or institution
- 3
to hospitalize/hospitalise (confine someone in a hospital or clinic for assisted treatment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pôr dentro 2. colocar dentro de um colégio, de um asilo, etc 3. forçar a residir no interior de um país 4. introduzir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of internar
- interno first-person present singular
- internei first-person preterite singular
- internado participle past
- internares infinitive second-person singular
- internarmos first-person infinitive plural
- internardes infinitive plural second-person
- internarem infinitive plural third-person
- internando gerund
- internados masculine participle past
- internada feminine participle past
- internadas feminine participle past
- internas indicative present second-person
- interna indicative present singular
- internamos first-person indicative plural
- internais indicative plural present
- internam indicative plural present
- internava first-person imperfect indicative
- internavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce internar?
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.teɦˈna(h)]
- /ĩ.teɾˈna(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
internar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).