Meaning
to commit, intern
- To confine someone to a psychiatric facility or asylum.
- To detain someone in a camp or designated area during wartime.
In a sentence
In passato era facile internare persone scomode nei manicomi.
In the past, it was easy to commit inconvenient people to asylums.
Durante il conflitto molti civili furono internati nei campi.
During the conflict, many civilians were interned in camps.
I medici decisero di non internarlo subito.
The doctors decided not to commit him right away.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| internare | infinitive |
| interno | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| interni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| interna | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| interniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| internate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| internano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| internavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| internavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| internava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| internavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| internavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| internavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| internai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| internasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| internò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| internammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| internaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| internarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| internerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| internerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| internerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| interneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| internerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| interneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| interni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| interni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| interni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| interniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| interniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| internino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| internassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| internassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| internasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| internassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| internaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| internassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| internerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| interneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| internerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| interneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| internereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| internerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| interna | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| interniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| internate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| internando | gerund |
| internato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used in the passive voice: 'venire internato' (to be interned/committed).