meter

meter

See also: Meter, -meter, and méter

English

Alternative forms

• metre (Commonwealth English for noun senses 2 and 3, rare for other senses)

Etymology

Senses 1.1, 2, and 3 were borrowed from French mètre and Latin metrum; see metre for more.

Sense 1.2 is a noun derived from mete, from Old English metan (“to measure, mark off”), possibly influencing the other meanings.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmitəɹ/, [ˈmiɾɚ]

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːtə/
• Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)

Noun

meter (plural meters)

1. A device that measures things.
   1. A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.

      gas meter

   2. (dated) One who metes or measures.

      a labouring coal-meter

2. (American spelling) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived as 1/10,000,000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 seconds.
   • 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 206-7:

     Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.

   Synonym: metre

3. (American spelling) The overall rhythm of a song or poem; particularly, the number of beats in a measure or syllables in a line.
   1. (obsolete) A poem.
      • 1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], OCLC 1180784885:

        A meter of […] berses in the Utopian tongue

4. (American spelling) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

Derived terms

• altimeter
• ammeter
• attometer
• centimeter
• common meter
• cubic meter
• decimeter
• electricity meter
• entomometer
• exameter
• feed the meter
• femtometer
• flowmeter
• gas meter
• gigameter
• kilometer
• linear meter
• long meter
• megameter
• metric
• metrical
• micrometer
• millimeter
• multimeter
• nanometer
• odometer
• parking meter
• pedometer
• pentameter
• picometer
• short meter
• smart meter
• spectropolarimeter
• speedometer
• square meter
• tachymeter
• terameter
• tetrameter
• voltmeter
• water meter
• yoctometer
• yottameter
• zeptometer
• zettameter

 

Translations

measuring instrument

Arabic: مِقْيَاس‎ m (miqyās) Armenian: հաշվիչ (hy) (hašvičʿ), չափիչ (hy) (čʿapʿičʿ) Basque: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: измери́телен у́ред m (izmerítelen úred), броя́ч (bg) m (brojáč) Catalan: comptador m Chinese: Mandarin: 計量表／计量表 (zh) (jìliángbiǎo) Czech: metr (cs) m, měřič (cs) m Danish: måler (da) c Dutch: meter (nl) m, teller (nl) m Esperanto: mezurilo, comptilo Estonian: mõõtja Finnish: mittari (fi), mitta (fi), mittatikku (fi) French: mètre (fr) m, compteur (fr) m Galician: contador m Georgian: მთვლელი (mtvleli), საზომი (sazomi), მზომი (mzomi) German: Messgerät (de) n Greek: μέτρο (el) n (métro), ρολόι (el) n (rolói) Hebrew: מֶטֶר‎ (he) m (méter), מִדָּה‎ (he) f (midá) Hungarian: mérőóra, fogyasztásmérő (óra), -óra (hu) (in villanyóra (hu), gázóra (hu), vízóra (hu)) Indonesian: meteran (id), penghitung Irish: méadar m Italian: metro (it) m, contatore (it) m Japanese: メーター (mētā), 計量器 (けいりょうき, keiryōki) Khmer: កុងទ័រ (kongtɔə) Korean: 계량기(計量器) (gyeryanggi) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: مەتر‎ (metir) Latvian: mērītājs m Lithuanian: metras (lt) m, matuoklis m Macedonian: мерач m (merač) Malay: meter Maori: ine Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: måler m Persian: اندازه‌گیر‎ (andâzegir), سنجه‎ (fa) (sanje) Plautdietsch: Tala m Polish: miernik (pl) m Portuguese: contador (pt) m Romanian: metru (ro) m (instrument), contor (ro) n Russian: счётчик (ru) m (sčótčik), измери́тель (ru) m (izmerítelʹ) Scottish Gaelic: inneal-tomhais m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ме̏тар m Roman: mȅtar (sh) m Slovak: merač m Slovene: števec m Spanish: medidor m, contador (es) m, metro (es) m Swedish: mätare (sv) c, -meter (sv) c Thai: มิเตอร์ (th) (mí-dtə̂ə) Turkish: metre (tr) Ukrainian: лічи́льник m (ličýlʹnyk), вимі́рник m (vymírnyk), вимі́рювач m (vymírjuvač) Vietnamese: cái đo, người đo

short form of parking meter

Dutch: meter (nl) m, teller (nl) m Finnish: mittari (fi) Hungarian: parkolóóra (hu) Swedish: mätare (sv) c

unit of length — see metre

increment of music

Chinese: Mandarin: 节拍 (zh) (jié pāi) Finnish: tahtilaji (fi) German: Metrum (de) n Greek: μέτρο (el) n (métro) Irish: méadar m Japanese: 拍子 (ja) (ひょうし, hyōshi) Norwegian: Bokmål: takt m Polish: metrum (pl) n Romanian: metru (ro) m, ritm (ro) n Swedish: takt (sv) c, taktart c

rhythm of poetry

Arabic: وَزْن‎ (ar) m (wazn), بَحْر‎ (ar) m (baḥr) Basque: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: ри́тъм (bg) m (rítǎm) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: versmaat (nl) f, metrum (nl) n Faroese: ørindislag n Finnish: runomitta (fi) German: Versmaß (de) n, Metrum (de) n, Silbenmaß n Greek: μέτρο (el) n (métro) Ancient Greek: μέτρον n (métron) Hungarian: versmérték Irish: aiste f, meadaracht f Japanese: 韻律 (ja) (いんりつ, inritsu) Kazakh: please add this translation if you can Khmer: បាទ (km) (baat), មាត្រា (km) (miətraa) Cyrillic: ме̏тар m Latin: metrum (la) n Macedonian: ме́тар m (métar) Persian: وزن‎ (fa) (vazn), بحر‎ (fa) (bahr) Polish: metrum (pl) n, metr (pl) m (dated), miara (pl) f Russian: разме́р (ru) m (razmér), ритм (ru) m (ritm) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: mȅtar (sh) m Spanish: métrica (es) f Swedish: versmått (sv) n Turkmen: please add this translation if you can

Verb

meter (third-person singular simple present meters, present participle metering, simple past and past participle metered)

1. To measure with a metering device.
2. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
3. To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).

Translations

to measure — see measure

Anagrams

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

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

Verb

meter

1. to put

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Danish

Noun

meter c (singular definite meteren, plural indefinite meter)

1. a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of measurement)

Declension

Declension of meter

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	meter	meteren	meter	meterne
genitive	meters	meterens	meters	meternes

Derived terms

• centimeter
• kilometer
• kvadratmeter
• millimeter
• sekundmeter

 

References

• “meter” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːtər/

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• Hyphenation: me‧ter
• Rhymes: -eːtər

Etymology 1

From meten +‎ -er.

Noun

meter m (plural meters, diminutive metertje n)

1. measurer (person who measures something)
2. meter (device that measures things or indicates a physical quantity)

Derived terms

• ampèremeter
• energiemeter
• krachtmeter
• landmeter
• snelheidsmeter
• spanningsmeter
• stroommeter
• thermometer
• voltmeter

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French mètre.

Noun

meter m (plural meters, diminutive metertje n)

1. meter, metre (unit of distance)

Derived terms

• centimeter
• decameter
• decimeter
• hectometer
• kilometer
• kubieke meter
• micrometer
• millimeter
• myriameter
• nanometer
• newtonmeter
• vierkante meter

 

Descendants

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

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch meter, from metrijn, from Latin matrīna.

Noun

meter f (plural meters, diminutive metertje n, masculine peter)

1. godmother

   Synonyms: peettante, petemoei

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese meter, from Latin mittō, mittēre (“to send, put”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈteɾ/

Verb

meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metín, past participle metido)

1. (transitive) to put
2. (transitive) to insert
3. (transitive) to bring in
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to meddle, interfere
5. (transitive) to deliver

   Meteulle unha patada. ― He delivered him a kick.

Conjugation

Conjugation of meter

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	meter
personal	meter	meteres	meter	metermos	meterdes	meteren
Gerund
	metendo
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	metido			metidos
feminine	metida			metidas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
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	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	meta	metas	meta	metamos	metades	metan
preterite	metese	meteses	metese	metésemos	metésedes	metesen
future	meter	meteres	meter	metermos	meterdes	meteren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	mete	meta	metamos	metede	metan
negative	–	metas	meta	metamos	metades	metan

References

• “meter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “meter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “meter” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “meter” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

• From Dutch meter, meten, from Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).
• From Dutch meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Doublet of metrum.

Noun

mètêr (first-person possessive meterku, second-person possessive metermu, third-person possessive meternya)

1. meter, a device that measures things.
2. meter, metre, the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).

Derived terms

• meteran

 

• meter arus
• meter dinamik
• meter geopotensial
• meter kecepatan
• meter konduktivitas
• meter kubik
• meter lintasan
• meter persegi
• meter salinitas

 

Related terms

• metrum

 

Etymology 2

From Dutch meter, from Middle Dutch meter, from metrijn, from Latin matrīna.

Noun

mètêr (first-person possessive meterku, second-person possessive metermu, third-person possessive meternya)

1. godmother.

Further reading

• “meter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit मूत्र (mūtrá).

Noun

meter ?

1. urine

References

• Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎, pages 13-36

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

Verb

meter

1. to put, place

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of meter (third conjugation)

infinitive	meter, mete
auxiliary verb		avei	gerund		metan
past participle		metù
person	singular			plural
	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	–
	—	met	—	meton	metede	—

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Ladino

Verb

meter

1. to put

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mēter

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of mētor

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Malaya) /ˈmitə/, (Indonesian) /ˈmɛtər/

Noun

meter (Jawi spelling ميتر‎, plural meter-meter, informal 1st possessive meterku, 2nd possessive metermu, 3rd possessive meternya)

1. meter (all senses)

Further reading

• “meter” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Mòcheno

Etymology

From French mètre, from Latin metrum (“a measure”), from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

Noun

meter m (plural meter)

1. meter (unit of measure)

References

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

meter m (definite singular meteren, indefinite plural meter, definite plural meterne)

1. a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of length)

Derived terms

• centimeter
• høydemeter
• kilometer
• kubikkmeter
• kvadratmeter
• meterspor
• metervis
• millimeter
• parameter

 

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

meter m (definite singular meteren, indefinite plural meter, definite plural meterane or metrane)

1. a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of length)

Derived terms

• centimeter
• kilometer
• kubikkmeter
• kvadratmeter
• meterspor
• metervis
• millimeter
• parameter

 

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• metter (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese meter, from Latin mittere (“to send, to put”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

 

• (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/

• Hyphenation: me‧ter

Verb

meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite meti, past participle metido)

1. (transitive) to put
2. (transitive) to insert
3. (reflexive) to meddle, interfere
4. (transitive, vulgar) to fuck, screw
5. inflection of meter:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of meter (See Appendix: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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:meter.

Related terms

• cometer
• prometer

Further reading

• “meter” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “meter” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “meter” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “meter” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “meter” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeter]

Noun

meter m

1. meter, metre (unit of length)

Further reading

• meter in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Noun

meter m

1. meter, metre (unit of length)

Further reading

• “meter”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish meter, from Latin mittō (“to send”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *mey-th₂- (“to exchange, remove”). Cognate with English mess (sense 2) and also mission, message. Compare also French mettre, Friulian meti, Portuguese meter, and Italian mettere. The semantic shift from "send" to "put" probably occurred in Vulgar Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈteɾ/ [meˈt̪eɾ]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: me‧ter

Verb

meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metí, past participle metido)

1. to put in, insert

   Synonym: poner

2. (sports) to score

   meter un gol ― to score a goal

3. to make (noise)
4. to cram, to stuff, to stick, to shove
5. (reflexive) to meddle, interfere, to get into

   ¡No te metas en lo que no te importa!

   Don't get involved in other people's business!/ Don't meddle in others' affairs!

   Synonyms: inmiscuirse, meter la nariz

6. (reflexive) to get into (a small space)
7. (reflexive) to get into, to get in

   meterse en problemas ― to get in trouble.

   Está tratando de meterse en tu cabeza.

   He's trying to get into your head.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of meter (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			meter
gerund			metiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		metido		metida
		plural		metidos		metidas
		singular			plural
		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	metestú metésvos	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	metastú metásvos2	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		metetú metévos	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 Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of meter

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 infinitive meter
	dative	meterme	meterte	meterle, meterse	meternos	meteros	meterles, meterse
	accusative	meterme	meterte	meterlo, meterla, meterse	meternos	meteros	meterlos, meterlas, meterse
with gerund metiendo
	dative	metiéndome	metiéndote	metiéndole, metiéndose	metiéndonos	metiéndoos	metiéndoles, metiéndose
	accusative	metiéndome	metiéndote	metiéndolo, metiéndola, metiéndose	metiéndonos	metiéndoos	metiéndolos, metiéndolas, metiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mete
	dative	méteme	métete	métele	métenos	not used	mételes
	accusative	méteme	métete	mételo, métela	métenos	not used	mételos, mételas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative meté
	dative	meteme	metete	metele	metenos	not used	meteles
	accusative	meteme	metete	metelo, metela	metenos	not used	metelos, metelas
with formal second-person singular imperative meta
	dative	métame	not used	métale, métase	métanos	not used	métales
	accusative	métame	not used	métalo, métala, métase	métanos	not used	métalos, métalas
with first-person plural imperative metamos
	dative	not used	metámoste	metámosle	metámonos	metámoos	metámosles
	accusative	not used	metámoste	metámoslo, metámosla	metámonos	metámoos	metámoslos, metámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative meted
	dative	metedme	not used	metedle	metednos	meteos	metedles
	accusative	metedme	not used	metedlo, metedla	metednos	meteos	metedlos, metedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative metan
	dative	métanme	not used	métanle	métannos	not used	métanles, métanse
	accusative	métanme	not used	métanlo, métanla	métannos	not used	métanlos, métanlas, métanse

    Conjugation of meterse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			meterse
gerund			metiéndose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		metido		metida
		plural		metidos		metidas
		singular			plural
		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 metestú te metésvos	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 metastú te metásvos2	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		métetetú metetevos	métase	metámonos	meteos	métanse
	negative		no te metas	no se meta	no nos metamos	no os metáis	no se metan

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

Derived terms

• metedura
• meter la cuchara
• meter la nariz
• meter la pata
• meterse en honduras
• metérsela
• métetelo por el culo
• metimiento

 

Related terms

• admitir
• cometer
• emitir
• metete
• metiche
• metido
• misión
• omitir
• permitir
• prometer

 

Further reading

• “meter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Etymology

Borrowed from English meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːtɛr/

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Noun

meter c

1. a metre; the SI-unit
2. (music) Rhythm or measure in verse
3. a meter; a device that measures things.

Declension

Declension of meter
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	meter	metern	meter	meterna
Genitive	meters	meterns	meters	meternas

Declension of meter
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	meter	metern	metrar	metrarna
Genitive	meters	meterns	metrars	metrarnas

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Etymology

Borrowed from English meter.

Noun

meter

1. meter

Declension

    declension of meter

Nominative	meter
Genitive	meternıñ
Dative	meterga
Accusative	meternı
Locative	meterda
Ablative	meterdan