internar

Catalan

Etymology

From intern +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tərˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾˈnaɾ]
• Homophone: internà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

internar (first-person singular present interno, first-person singular preterite interní, past participle internat)

1. (transitive) to put inside

   Synonyms: endinsar, introduir

2. (reflexive) to enter, to go into

   Synonym: endinsar-se

3. (transitive) to commit or confine (someone) inside a place or institution

   Synonym: confinar

Derived terms

• internament

Further reading

• “internar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “internar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “internar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “internar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Anagrams

• trinaren

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Portuguese

Etymology

From interno +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧nar

Verb

1. (transitive) to put inside

   Synonyms: pôr, colocar, meter, inserir, introduzir

   Antonyms: tirar, retirar, remover

2. (transitive) to commit or confine (someone) inside a place or institution

   Synonyms: confinar, prender, aprisionar

   Antonyms: libertar, liberar

   1. (transitive) to hospitalize/hospitalise (confine someone in a hospital or clinic for assisted treatment)

      Synonym: hospitalizar

Related terms

• internação

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Spanish

Etymology

From interno +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾˈnaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾˈnaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive, ~ en) to send into (especially the interior of a country or region)
2. (transitive, ~ en) to commit or confine inside a place or institution
3. (intransitive) to intern; to work as an intern
4. (reflexive, ~se en) to immerse oneself in (e.g. a topic of study)
5. (reflexive, ~se en) to enter (especially surreptitiously)

Further reading

• “internar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014