interno
Portuguese, noun/ĩˈtɛʁ.nu/
interno is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-O (7 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,261st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interno is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “intern (physician working in a hospital as a final part of medical training)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of internar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aluno que mora na escola”.
What does interno mean in English?
adjective
- 1
internal; interior; inner (inside of something)
Lado interno.
- 2
internal; interior (inside a building)
Parede interna.
- 3
internal (inside the body)
Órgãos internos.
- 4
internal (concerned with the non-public affairs of an organisation)
Punição interna.
- 5
internal; civil (within a country; not involving foreign countries)
Política interna.
noun
- 1
masculineintern (physician working in a hospital as a final part of medical training)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of internar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. interior; de dentro 2. que é relativo e circunspecto ao círculo de pessoas que integram os quadros de uma empresa ou instituição em específico
noun: 1. aluno que mora na escola 2. doente que está no hospital
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 interno
- interna feminine
- internos masculine plural
- internas feminine plural
- mais interno comparative
- o mais interno superlative
- interníssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interno?
- Brazil /ĩˈtɛʁ.nu/
- Brazil [ĩˈtɛɦ.nu]
- /ĩˈtɛɾ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interno in Portuguese?
interno appears 27 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).