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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

internar

to admit to hospital

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: internando
  • Past participle: internado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I admit to hospital
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you admit to hospital
  3. nós we admit to hospital
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all admit to hospital

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I admited to hospital
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you admited to hospital
  3. nós we admited to hospital
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all admited to hospital

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to admit to hospital
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to admit to hospital
  3. nós we are going to admit to hospital
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to admit to hospital

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to admit to hospital
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to admit to hospital
  3. nós we used to admit to hospital
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to admit to hospital

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would admit to hospital
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would admit to hospital
  3. nós we would admit to hospital
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would admit to hospital

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I admit to hospital
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you admit to hospital
  3. nós (that) we admit to hospital
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all admit to hospital

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I admited to hospital
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you admited to hospital
  3. nós (if) we admited to hospital
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all admited to hospital

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I admit to hospital
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you admit to hospital
  3. nós (when) we admit to hospital
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all admit to hospital

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você admit to hospital!
  2. vocês admit to hospital! (all of you)

How to use internar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    O hospital interna só os casos mais graves.

    The hospital only admits the most serious cases.

  2. Past

    Internaram meu tio ontem com pneumonia.

    They admitted my uncle yesterday with pneumonia.

  3. Future

    O médico vai internar a minha mãe por dois dias.

    The doctor is going to admit my mother for two days.

  4. Imperfect

    Naquela época, internavam as crianças por qualquer febre.

    Back then, they admitted children for any fever.

  5. Conditional

    Eu internaria o cachorro se ele piorasse.

    I'd have the dog admitted if he got worse.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que não internem a vovó de novo.

    I hope they don't admit grandma again.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se internassem meu pai, eu dormiria no hospital.

    If they admitted my dad, I'd sleep at the hospital.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se internarem você, eu levo suas coisas.

    If they admit you, I'll bring your things.

  9. Imperative

    Interne esse paciente agora, a pressão está muito alta.

    Admit this patient now, his blood pressure is too high.

Good to know

  • "Ser internado" is to be admitted; "internação" is the hospital stay.

Where you hear internar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 2

  • O hospital interna a criança hoje. The hospital admits the child today.
  • Eles internaram a Alice de madrugada. They admitted Alice in the early hours.
  • Se ela piorar, a gente vai internar. If she gets worse, we will admit her.

Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 3

  • O hospital interna a criança hoje. The hospital admits the child today.
  • Eles internaram a Alice de madrugada. They admitted Alice in the early hours.
  • Se ela piorar, a gente vai internar. If she gets worse, we will admit her.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.