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internado

boarding (school); admitted (to hospital)

noun adjective een-tehr-NAH-doh Rare

Usage Note

Internado as a noun is a boarding school or residential institution. As an adjective or past participle it describes someone admitted to a hospital or confined to an institution (está internado en el hospital). The verb is internar. The feminine noun form internada is used for a female student or patient.

Examples

"Estudió en un internado durante cinco años."

Natural Translation

He studied at a boarding school for five years.

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