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masculine

/inteɾˈnaðo/

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Translation

boarding school

Word origin

From interno ('internal, boarder'), from Latin internus ('inward, internal'). English 'internal' and 'intern' share the same root.

Origin
Latin
Root
internus
English cognates
internal, intern

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralinternados

Examples

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His parents sent him to a boarding school in the countryside.

alumnos .

At the boarding school the pupils sleep in the same building.

adolescencia .

She spent her whole adolescence at a boarding school.

.

The boarding school has very strict rules.

¿ ?

Would you like to study at a boarding school?

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This word is part of lesson 82.