La Palabra del Día: "meter"
meter ( meh-tehr' )
(verb) to put (into)
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1. Se me olvidó meter la billetera en mi cartera y ahora no tengo efectivo.
I forgot to put my wallet in my purse and now I don't have any cash.
2. Juanito, ¡no te metas eso en la boca que estaba en el piso sucio!
Juanito, don't put that in your mouth, it was on the dirty floor!
16 Answers
No metas tus narices en los asuntos de otros.
Don’t stick your nose in other people’s business.
¡No le metas esas ideas en la cabeza!
Don't give her ideas like that! (Don't put ideas like that into her head)
Me gusta depositar mi confianza en mi propia capacidad de
terminar un proyecto satisfactoriamente.
Donde meter mi dinero, es una cuestión diferente.
I like to put my trust in my own ability to complete
a project satisfactorily.
Where to put my money is a different matter.
Algunas personas meten la cabeza bajo tierra, como los avestruces.
Some people put their heads in the sand, like ostriches.
Siempre metía a mi hijo en la cama a la hora adecuada, pero no lo podía hacer dormir.
I always put my son to bed at the right time, but I could not make him sleep.
Se puede encender un Toyota Prius sin meter una la llave.
You can start a Toyota Prius without putting in a key.
Son problemas entre ellos dos. ¿Por qué te metes?
It’s their problem, so why interfere?
Los recién casados pensaron en lo que se habían metido.
The recently married couple thought about what they got into.
¡Me temo que tenga una multa. ! Se me olvidó meter monedaS en el parquímetro.
I'm afraid I've got a fine.I forgot to insert coins into the parking meter.
¿Por qué te metes conmigo? ¡Yo no tengo la culpa!
Why are you picking on me?I have no guilt!
Voy a meter el dedo en esta masa de pastel para averiguar si está sabrosa.
I'm going to stick my finger into this cake batter in order to see if it's tasty.
¡Ay! ¡Otra vez metí la pata! Parece que no puedo decir lo que quiere oír.
Ah! I put my foot in my mouth again! It seems that I can't say the thing she wants to hear.
Me gusta usar la olla que cocina la comida más lentamente porque se puede meter toda la comida a la vez junta en la olla
I like to use a crock pot because all of the food is put into the crock pot together. (One puts all of the food into the pot together.)
Sorry about this hot mess, but I have no clue what a crock pot is in Spanish(la cosa que cocina la comida más lentemente). Are we allowed to use a dictionary? And I’m having a hard time getting past poner for putting something somewhere.
¡Gracias por corregir mis errores! Edit for corrections.
No tiene ningún problema en meter la llave en la ignición, ¡una vez que recuerda que siempre los tengo con ella siempre y cuando se acuerde de llevarlas!
She has no problem getting the key into the ignition, as long as once she remembers to always have/take them with her!
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Go into your Spanishdict account and learn something.
