intern

becario, pasante

Estudiante o persona recién graduada que trabaja durante un tiempo breve para aprender un oficio o una profesión.

En inglés sencillo: A student or recent graduate who works for a short time to learn about a job.

• The intern helped with our project.
• We hired two summer interns from the local university.
• As an intern, she learned how the company worked.

Sinónimos: trainee

Expresiones frecuentes: summer intern, paid intern, hire an intern, as an intern

hacer prácticas, hacer una pasantía

Trabajar durante un tiempo breve en una empresa u organización para aprender sobre un trabajo.

En inglés sencillo: To work for a short time at a company or organisation to learn about a job.

• I want to intern at a museum.
• She interned with a small law firm.
• Are you interning here for the whole summer?

Cómo se usa: intern at a company/organisation (She interned at a newspaper last summer.); intern for someone (He interns for a local politician.)

Expresiones frecuentes: intern at something, intern with someone, intern for someone

internar, recluir

Mantener a personas en una prisión o un campo por orden del gobierno, a menudo durante una guerra.

En inglés sencillo: To keep people in a prison or camp by government order, often during a war.

• The government interned many civilians.
• They were interned in a camp during the war.
• The authorities decided to intern foreign nationals.

Cómo se usa: intern someone in a camp/prison (The authorities interned him in a camp.)

Sinónimos: detain, imprison, confine

Antónimos: release, free

Expresiones frecuentes: intern civilians, intern someone, intern foreign nationals, intern without trial

internar

Retener en una zona controlada a soldados extranjeros que han entrado en el país durante una guerra.

En inglés sencillo: To keep foreign soldiers within a controlled area after they enter a country’s land during war.

• The neutral country interned the soldiers.
• Troops who crossed the border were interned until the war ended.
• The government agreed to intern the foreign military personnel.

Cómo se usa: intern soldiers in a camp (The neutral state interned the soldiers in a guarded camp.)

Sinónimos: detain, confine

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: intern foreign soldiers, intern enemy troops, intern military personnel