what is the meaning of "metete"

Question

"Metete" en la cama.

Answer 1

I'm not totally sure how to say it in english, It could be: "Get into the bed!"

It's an order: "¡Métete en la cama!"

Answer 2

I am guessing (without being able to see any accent marks) that this is an imperative using the verb "meter," meaning "to put in". In this case, meter is actually reflexive, so the infinitive is meterse. There should be an accent on the first "e" of "metete" to specify that this is an imperative. The last syllable is "te," the direct object form of tu. So "metete" means "put yourself", and in context, "metete en la cama" means "put yourself in/to bed."

Answer 3

There should be an accent on the first "e" of "metete" to specify that this is an imperative.

Well... an accent is needed to indicate that the natural stress of the word is maintained with the addition of the pronominal pronoun, not to specify that it is an imperative form.

Answer 4

Could be tuck in the bed. I think it would be meterse though.

Or: get in bed. - Seitheach, Oct 30, 2009

to tuck somebody up in bed -> arropar a alguien en la cama (from our dictionary) - 0068e2f4, Oct 30, 2009

Also...Cobíjate bajo las colchas. Tuck yourself under the blankets. - 0068e2f4, Oct 30, 2009

Answer 5

Métete is the imperative form of meterse, as in:

¡Métete en la cama! Get in the bed!

¡Rápido, métete adentro del clóset! Hurry up! hide yourself in the closet.

¡Métete a la casa, niña! Get in the house, girl.

¡Métete en tus asuntos! Mind your own business!

Métete, Teté is also a children's song composed by Gabilondo Soler, aka Cri-Cri

¡Métete, Teté! ¡Que te metas, Teté! Get in the house, Tete! I said, get in the house, Teté!

Answer 6

Welcome to SD - But why dig up this ancient thread? - much better to create a new one of your own. - ian-hill

I agree with Ian, but since it has been reborn and with a mistake I will comment. "Métete" is not someone who gets into other people´s concerns. Someone who does this is un(a) metiche. This action however is "meterse en los asuntos de otros".

Meterse has other idiomatic uses such as: ¡No te metas conmigo! ... (More or less "Stay out of my face").

Carolinita´s answer is correct: to put something into something else.

Answer 7

It literally means "meddling". "Meter" means to "put in" or "get in". Thus, "metete" is somebody that get into other people businesses that are not of his/her concern.

Welcome to SD - But why dig up this ancient thread? - much better to create a new one of your own. - ian-hill, Aug 3, 2016