What does internarse in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word internarse in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use internarse in Spanish.

The word internarse in Spanish means hospitalize, send in, penetrate, advance, get into, get into. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word internarse

hospitalize

verbo transitivo (meter: en instituciones) (US)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Debido a sus heridas internaron al herido en el hospital.
Due to his wounds, the injured man was hospitalized.

send in

verbo transitivo (enviar, meter: tierra adentro)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
El general internó a sus ejércitos en el territorio enemigo.
The general sent his armies in to enemy territory.

penetrate, advance

verbo pronominal (introducirse tierra adentro)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Los ejércitos se internaron en el país quemándolo todo.
The armies penetrated (or: advanced) the country burning it to the ground.

get into

verbo pronominal (introducirse en algún sitio)

El espía se internó en el palacio sin que nadie lo viera y robó los mapas secretos.
The spy got into the palace unseen and he stole the secret maps.

get into

verbo pronominal (figurado (profundizar, aprender)

En su juventud se internó en los secretos del ocultismo y la magia negra.
In his youth he got into the secrets of occultism and black magic.

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