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entrar en materia

Spanish, verb/enˌtɾaɾ em maˈteɾja/

entrar en materia is a Spanish verb meaning “to get down to business” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does entrar en materia mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to get down to business

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of entrar en materia

  • entro en materia first-person present singular
  • entré en materia first-person preterite singular
  • entrado en materia participle past

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce entrar en materia?

  • /enˌtɾaɾ em maˈteɾja/
  • [ẽn̪ˌt̪ɾaɾ ẽm maˈt̪e.ɾja]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.