meter o pau
Portuguese, verb
meter o pau is spelled M-E-T-E-R-O-P-A-U (9 letters). Meter o pau is a Portuguese verb meaning “to harshly criticize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does meter o pau mean in English?
verb
- 1
to harshly criticize
- 2
to scold; to reprehend
- 3
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meter, o, pau.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. espancar (regência verbal com preposição: em) 2. falar mal de (regência verbal com preposição: em)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of meter o pau
- meto o pau first-person present singular
- meti o pau first-person preterite singular
- metido o pau participle past
- meteres o pau infinitive second-person singular
- metermos o pau first-person infinitive plural
- meterdes o pau infinitive plural second-person
- meterem o pau infinitive plural third-person
- metendo o pau gerund
- metidos o pau masculine participle past
- metida o pau feminine participle past
- metidas o pau feminine participle past
- metes o pau indicative present second-person
- mete o pau indicative present singular
- metemos o pau first-person indicative plural
- meteis o pau indicative plural present
- metem o pau indicative plural present
- metia o pau first-person imperfect indicative
- metias o pau imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).