meter
Spanish, verb/meˈteɾ/
meter is a Spanish verb meaning “to put in, insert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Encerrar, introducir o incluir una cosa dentro de otra o en alguna parte”.
What does meter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put in, insert
Meta la tarjeta en la ranura.
- 2
to score
meter un gol
- 3
to make (noise)
meter ruido
- 4
to cram, stuff, stick, shove, pack
Metió toda la ropa en la maleta.
- 5
colloquialto hit, to punch, to strike something hard
¡Te voy a meter un puñetazo!
- 6
colloquialto attempt something, to try hard
¡Métele al examen de matemáticas!
- 7
to meddle, interfere, to get into
¡No te metas en lo que no te importa!
- 8
to mess with someone
¡No te metas conmigo!
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Encerrar, introducir o incluir una cosa dentro de otra o en alguna parte. 2. Introducir algún género defraudando las rentas públicas. 3. Dicho de un chisme, de un enredo: Promoverlo o levantarlo. 4. Ocasionar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of meter
- meto first-person present singular
- metí first-person preterite singular
- metido participle past
- metiendo gerund
- metida feminine participle past
- metidos masculine participle past
- metidas feminine participle past
- metes indicative informal present
- metés indicative informal present
- mete indicative present singular
- metemos first-person indicative plural
- metéis indicative plural present
- meten indicative plural present
- metía first-person imperfect indicative
- metías imperfect indicative second-person
- metíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- metíais imperfect indicative plural
- metían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meter?
- /meˈteɾ/
- [meˈt̪eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to meter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is meter in Spanish?
meter appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).