meter.
to put in, insert
Meaning & usage
to put in, insert
Meta la tarjeta en la ranura.
Mete el pan en el horno.
to score
meter un gol
to make (noise)
meter ruido
to cram, stuff, stick, shove, pack
Metió toda la ropa en la maleta.
Metió la llave en la cerradura con fuerza.
to hit, to punch, to strike something hard
¡Te voy a meter un puñetazo!
¡Métele al claxon!
to attempt something, to try hard
¡Métele al examen de matemáticas!
Le voy a meter duro al gimnasio.
to meddle, interfere, to get into
¡No te metas en lo que no te importa!
to mess with someone
¡No te metas conmigo!
to get into (a small space)
to get into, to get in
meterse en problemas
Está tratando de meterse en tu cabeza.
to get into a profession
Él se metió para bombero.
Yo me meto a cura.
to do drugs
me meto
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Old Spanish meter Spanish meter Inherited from Old Spanish meter, from Latin mittere (“to send”). The semantic shift from "send" to "put" probably occurred in Vulgar Latin. Cognate with English mess and also mission, message. Compare also French mettre, Friulian meti, Portuguese meter, and Italian mettere.
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