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Tomeasure with a metering device.
Toimprint apostage mark with apostage meter.
To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such asanticipation orbreath).

Translations

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to measure—seemeasure

Anagrams

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-metre,-treme,Emert,metre,remet,retem

Aragonese

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Etymology

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FromLatinmittere.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /meˈte(ɾ)/
Rhymes:-e(ɾ)
Syllabification:me‧ter

Verb

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meter

toput

Conjugation

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This verb needs aninflection-table template.

Danish

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DanishWikipedia has an article on:

meter

Wikipedia^da

Noun

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meter c (singular definitemeteren,plural indefinitemeter)

ametre, ormeter (US) (SI unit of measurement)

Declension

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Declension ofmeter
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	meter	meteren	meter	meterne
genitive	meters	meterens	meters	meternes

Derived terms

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References

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“meter” inDen Danske Ordbog

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈmeːtər/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation:me‧ter
Rhymes:-eːtər

Etymology 1

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Frommeten +‎-er.

Noun

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meter m (pluralmeters,diminutivemetertje n)

meter(device that measures things or indicates a physical quantity)
Ik heb eenmeter nodig om de stroom in dit circuit te meten. ―I need ameter to measure the current in this circuit.
Demeters in het laboratorium zijn zeer nauwkeurig. ―Themeters in the laboratory are very precise.
Kun je dat kleinemetertje even doorgeven? ―Can you pass that smallmeter please?
measurer(person who measures something)

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromFrenchmètre.

Noun

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meter m (pluralmeters,diminutivemetertje n)

meter,metre(unit of distance)
De kamer is vijfmeters breed. ―The room is fivemeters wide.
Ze liep een afstand van tienmeters in de race. ―She ran a distance of tenmetres in the race.
Dit kleinemetertje touw is alles wat ik over heb. ―This smallmetre of rope is all I have left.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Afrikaans:meter
→ Aukan:meiti
→ Caribbean Javanese:mèter
→ Indonesian:meter
→ Papiamentu:meter

Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Dutchmeter, frommetrijn, fromLatinmatrīna.

Noun

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meter f (pluralmeters,diminutivemetertje n,masculinepeter)

godmother
Synonyms:peettante,petemoei
Ze is de trotsemeter van haar neefje. ―She is the proudgodmother of her nephew.
Mijn zus werd gevraagd ommeter te zijn bij de doop. ―My sister was asked to be thegodmother at the baptism.
Elk kind in ons gezin heeft eenmeter en een peter. ―Every child in our family has agodmother and a godfather.

Galician

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Etymology

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesemeter, fromLatinmittō, mittēre(“to send, put”), probably fromProto-Indo-European*meyth₂-(“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /meˈteɾ/[meˈt̪eɾ]
Rhymes:-eɾ
Hyphenation:me‧ter

Verb

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meter (first-person singular presentmeto,first-person singular preteritemetín,past participlemetido)

(transitive) toput
(transitive) toinsert
(transitive) tobring in
(pronominal) tomeddle,interfere
(transitive) todeliver
Meteulle unha patada. ―Hedelivered him a kick.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofmeter

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el /ela /Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles /elas /Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	meter
Personal	meter	meteres	meter	metermos	meterdes	meteren
Gerund
	metendo
Past participle
Masculine	metido			metidos
Feminine	metida			metidas
Indicative
Present	meto	metes	mete	metemos	metedes	meten
Imperfect	metía	metías	metía	metiamos	metiades	metían
Preterite	metín	metiches	meteu	metemos	metestes	meteron
Pluperfect	metera	meteras	metera	meteramos	meterades	meteran
Future	meterei	meterás	meterá	meteremos	meteredes	meterán
Conditional	metería	meterías	metería	meteriamos	meteriades	meterían
Subjunctive
Present	meta	metas	meta	metamos	metades	metan
Imperfect	metese	meteses	metese	metésemos	metésedes	metesen
Future	meter	meteres	meter	metermos	meterdes	meteren
Imperative
Affirmative		mete	meta	metamos	metede	metan
Negative (non)		non metas	non meta	non metamos	non metades	non metan

Reintegrated conjugation ofmeter (SeeAppendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti /tu)	Third-person (ele /ela /você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles /elas /vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	meter
Personal	meter	meteres	meter	metermos	meterdes	meterem
Gerund
	metendo
Past participle
Masculine	metido			metidos
Feminine	metida			metidas
Indicative
Present	meto	metes	mete	metemos	metedes,meteis	metem
Imperfect	metia	metias	metia	metíamos	metíades,metíeis,metíais¹	metiam
Preterite	metim,meti	meteste,meteche¹	meteu	metemos	metestes	metêrom,meteram
Pluperfect	metera	meteras	metera	metêramos	metêrades,metêreis,metêrais¹	meteram
Future	meterei	meterás	meterá	meteremos	meteredes,metereis	meterám,meterão
Conditional	meteria	meterias	meteria	meteríamos	meteríades,meteríeis,meteríais¹	meteriam
Subjunctive
Present	meta	metas	meta	metamos	metades,metais	metam
Imperfect	metesse	metesses	metesse	metêssemos	metêssedes,metêsseis	metessem
Future	meter	meteres	meter	metermos	meterdes	meterem
Imperative
Affirmative		mete	meta	metamos	metede,metei	metam
Negative (nom)		nom metas	nom meta	nom metamos	nom metades,nom metais	nom metam

¹Less recommended.

References

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Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “meter”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “meter”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “meter”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “meter”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈmɛ.tər]
Hyphenation:mè‧têr

Etymology 1

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FromDutchmeter,meten, fromMiddle Dutchmēten, fromOld Dutchmetan, fromProto-Germanic*metaną, fromProto-Indo-European*med-(“to measure”).
FromDutchmeter, fromFrenchmètre, fromLatinmetrum, fromAncient Greekμέτρον(métron,“measure”), fromProto-Indo-European*meh₁-(“to measure”).

Doublet ofmetrum.

Noun

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mètêr (pluralmeter-meter)

meter, a device that measures things.
meter,metre, thebase unit oflength in theInternational System of Units (SI).
Sebatang pohon setinggi 5meter akan digambar dengan skala 1:25.
A 5-meter tall tree will be drawn on a scale of 1:25.

mètêr (pluralmeter-meter)

godmother.

Kholosi

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Etymology

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FromSanskritमूत्र(mūtrá).

Noun

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meter ?

urine

References

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Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, inCahier de Studia Iranica xx‎^[1], pages13-36

Ladin

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Etymology

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FromLatinmittere.

Verb

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meter

toput,place

Conjugation

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Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation ofmeter (third conjugation)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	meter,mete
auxiliary verb	avei		gerund		metan
past participle	metù
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	ie	tu	el / ela	nos	vos	ei / eles
present	mete	metes	met	meton	meteis	met
imperfect	metove	metoves	metova	metovan	metovais	metova
future	metaré	metaras	metarà	metaron	metareis	metarà
subjunctive	che ie	che tu	che el / ela	che nos	che vos	che ei / eles
present	mete	metes	mete	meton	meteis	mete
imperfect	metesse	metesses	metessa	metessan	metessais	metessa
imperative	–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative	—	met	—	meton	metede	—

Ladino

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Verb

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meter

toput

Latin

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Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.ter/,[ˈmeːt̪ɛr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈme.ter/,[ˈmɛːt̪er]

Verb

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mēter

first-person singular present active subjunctive ofmētor

Malay

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Etymology

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FromEnglishmetre ormeter, fromFrenchmètre, fromAncient Greekμέτρον(métron,“measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [mi.tə(r)]
Rhymes:-tər,-ər
Hyphenation:me‧ter

Noun

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meter (Jawi spellingميتر,pluralmeter-meter,informal 1st possessivemeterku,2nd possessivemetermu,3rd possessivemeternya)

Ameter:
1. The basicunit oflength in theInternational System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités); ametre ormeter.
  limameter ―fivemetres
2. A device that is used tomeasure andrecord something(distance, quantity of something used, etc.).
  meter air ―watermeter

Mòcheno

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Etymology

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FromFrenchmètre, fromLatinmetrum(“a measure”), fromAncient Greekμέτρον(métron).

Noun

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meter m (pluralmeter)

meter(unit of measure)

References

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“meter” inCimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

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NorwegianWikipedia has an article on:

meter

Wikipedia^no

Noun

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meter m (definite singularmeteren,indefinite pluralmeter,definite pluralmeterne)

ametre, ormeter (US) (SI unit of length)

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:

meter

Wikipediaⁿⁿ

Noun

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meter m (definite singularmeteren,indefinite pluralmeter,definite pluralmeteraneormetrane)

ametre, ormeter (US) (SI unit of length)

Derived terms

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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metter(pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesemeter, fromLatinmittere(“to send, to put”), probably fromProto-Indo-European*meyth₂-(“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

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(Brazil)IPA^(key): /meˈte(ʁ)/[meˈte(h)]

(Brazil)IPA^(key): /meˈte(ʁ)/[meˈte(h)]
- (São Paulo)IPA^(key): /meˈte(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key): /meˈte(ʁ)/[meˈte(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key): /meˈte(ɻ)/

(Portugal)IPA^(key): /mɨˈteɾ/

(Portugal)IPA^(key): /mɨˈteɾ/
- (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key): /mɨˈte.ɾi/

Hyphenation:me‧ter
Audio(Northern Portugal): (file)

Verb

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meter (first-person singular presentmeto,first-person singular preteritemeti,past participlemetido)

(transitive) toput
(transitive) toinsert
- 1938,Graciliano Ramos, “Festa [Celebration]”, inVidas Seccas [Barren Lives],Rio de Janeiro:Livraria José Olympio Editora,page108:
  Descalçou-se,metteu as meias no bolso, tirou o paletot, a gravata e o collarinho, roncou alliviado.
  He took off his shoes,shoved his socks in his pocket, shrugged off his overcoat, his tie and his collar, and snored relieved.
(reflexive) tomeddle,interfere
- 2012,Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “Padre Alfredo”, inDiálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva,→ISBN, page27:
  — Já pensaram no que vem por aí? Uma vida inteira, juntos? As brigas, às vezes por mesquinharia? O ciuminho? Os sogrosse metendo? As diferenças: filme de pancadaria ou filme romântico? Luz acesa para um ler quando o outro quer dormir? Um não podendo viver sem ar refrigerado, apesar da rinite do outro? Já pensaram?
  (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
(reflexive) toget into(to become involved in) [withem‘something’]
(transitive, vulgar) tofuck,screw

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofmeter (SeeAppendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele /ela /você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles /elas /vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	meter
Personal	meter	meteres	meter	metermos	meterdes	meterem
Gerund
	metendo
Past participle
Masculine	metido			metidos
Feminine	metida			metidas
Indicative
Present	meto	metes	mete	metemos	meteis	metem
Imperfect	metia	metias	metia	metíamos	metíeis	metiam
Preterite	meti	meteste	meteu	metemos	metestes	meteram
Pluperfect	metera	meteras	metera	metêramos	metêreis	meteram
Future	meterei	meterás	meterá	meteremos	metereis	meterão
Conditional	meteria	meterias	meteria	meteríamos	meteríeis	meteriam
Subjunctive
Present	meta	metas	meta	metamos	metais	metam
Imperfect	metesse	metesses	metesse	metêssemos	metêsseis	metessem
Future	meter	meteres	meter	metermos	meterdes	meterem
Imperative
Affirmative		mete	meta	metamos	metei	metam
Negative (não)		não metas	não meta	não metamos	não metais	não metam

Related terms

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Slovak

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈmecer]

Noun

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meter m inan

meter,metre(unit of length)

Slovene

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Noun

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meter m

meter,metre(unit of length)

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Spanishmeter, fromLatinmittō(“to send”), probably fromProto-Indo-European*mey-th₂-(“to exchange, remove”). Cognate withEnglishmess (sense 2) and alsomission,message. Compare alsoFrenchmettre,Friulianmeti,Portuguesemeter, andItalianmettere. The semantic shift from "send" to "put" probably occurred in Vulgar Latin.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /meˈteɾ/[meˈt̪eɾ]
Audio(Colombia): (file)
Rhymes:-eɾ
Syllabification:me‧ter

Verb

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meter (first-person singular presentmeto,first-person singular preteritemetí,past participlemetido)

toput in,insert
Synonym:poner
(sports) toscore
meter un gol ―toscore a goal
tomake(noise)
tocram, tostuff, tostick, toshove
(reflexive) tomeddle,interfere, toget into
Synonyms:inmiscuirse,meter la nariz
¡Note metas en lo que no te importa!
Don'tget involved in other people's business!/ Don'tmeddle in others' affairs!
(reflexive) toget into(a small space)
(reflexive) toget into, toget in
meterse en problemas ―toget in trouble.
Está tratando demeterse en tu cabeza.
He's trying toget into your head.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofmeter (SeeAppendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			meter
gerund			metiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		metido		metida
		plural		metidos		metidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	meto	metes^{^tú} metés^{^vos}	mete	metemos	metéis	meten
	imperfect	metía	metías	metía	metíamos	metíais	metían
	preterite	metí	metiste	metió	metimos	metisteis	metieron
	future	meteré	meterás	meterá	meteremos	meteréis	meterán
	conditional	metería	meterías	metería	meteríamos	meteríais	meterían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	meta	metas^{^tú} metás^{^vos²}	meta	metamos	metáis	metan
	imperfect (ra)	metiera	metieras	metiera	metiéramos	metierais	metieran
	imperfect (se)	metiese	metieses	metiese	metiésemos	metieseis	metiesen
	future¹	metiere	metieres	metiere	metiéremos	metiereis	metieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mete^{^tú} meté^{^vos}	meta	metamos	meted	metan
	negative		no metas	no meta	no metamos	no metáis	no metan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms ofmeter

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitivemeter	dative	meterme	meterte	meterle,meterse	meternos	meteros	meterles,meterse
with infinitivemeter	accusative	meterme	meterte	meterlo,meterla,meterse	meternos	meteros	meterlos,meterlas,meterse

with gerundmetiendo	dative	metiéndome	metiéndote	metiéndole,metiéndose	metiéndonos	metiéndoos	metiéndoles,metiéndose
with gerundmetiendo	accusative	metiéndome	metiéndote	metiéndolo,metiéndola,metiéndose	metiéndonos	metiéndoos	metiéndolos,metiéndolas,metiéndose

with informal second-person singulartú imperativemete	dative	méteme	métete	métele	métenos	not used	mételes
with informal second-person singulartú imperativemete	accusative	méteme	métete	mételo,métela	métenos	not used	mételos,mételas

with informal second-person singularvos imperativemeté	dative	meteme	metete	metele	metenos	not used	meteles
with informal second-person singularvos imperativemeté	accusative	meteme	metete	metelo,metela	metenos	not used	metelos,metelas

with formal second-person singular imperativemeta	dative	métame	not used	métale,métase	métanos	not used	métales
with formal second-person singular imperativemeta	accusative	métame	not used	métalo,métala,métase	métanos	not used	métalos,métalas

with first-person plural imperativemetamos	dative	not used	metámoste	metámosle	metámonos	metámoos	metámosles
with first-person plural imperativemetamos	accusative	not used	metámoste	metámoslo,metámosla	metámonos	metámoos	metámoslos,metámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperativemeted	dative	metedme	not used	metedle	metednos	meteos	metedles
with informal second-person plural imperativemeted	accusative	metedme	not used	metedlo,metedla	metednos	meteos	metedlos,metedlas

with formal second-person plural imperativemetan	dative	métanme	not used	métanle	métannos	not used	métanles,métanse
with formal second-person plural imperativemetan	accusative	métanme	not used	métanlo,métanla	métannos	not used	métanlos,métanlas,métanse

Conjugation ofmeterse (SeeAppendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			meterse
gerund			metiéndose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		metido		metida
		plural		metidos		metidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	meterme	meterte	meterse	meternos	meteros	meterse
	gerund	metiéndome	metiéndote	metiéndose	metiéndonos	metiéndoos	metiéndose

indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me meto	te metes^{^tú} te metés^{^vos}	se mete	nos metemos	os metéis	se meten
	imperfect	me metía	te metías	se metía	nos metíamos	os metíais	se metían
	preterite	me metí	te metiste	se metió	nos metimos	os metisteis	se metieron
	future	me meteré	te meterás	se meterá	nos meteremos	os meteréis	se meterán
	conditional	me metería	te meterías	se metería	nos meteríamos	os meteríais	se meterían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me meta	te metas^{^tú} te metás^{^vos²}	se meta	nos metamos	os metáis	se metan
	imperfect (ra)	me metiera	te metieras	se metiera	nos metiéramos	os metierais	se metieran
	imperfect (se)	me metiese	te metieses	se metiese	nos metiésemos	os metieseis	se metiesen
	future¹	me metiere	te metieres	se metiere	nos metiéremos	os metiereis	se metieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		métete^{^tú} metete^{^vos}	métase	metámonos	meteos	métanse
	negative		no te metas	no se meta	no nos metamos	no os metáis	no se metan