Also means
to commit (to an institution)
Usage Note
Internar is the standard verb for admitting someone to a hospital, psychiatric facility, or boarding school — lo internaron en el hospital (they admitted him to hospital). The reflexive internarse en means to go deep into a place (internarse en el bosque — to go deep into the forest). The related noun internado means a boarding school.
Examples
"Tuvieron que internarlo de urgencia."
Natural Translation
They had to admit him as an emergency.
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