(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
1(by arrangement)quedar con;verse con;(by chance)encontrarse con;tropezarse con
I'm meeting them for lunch tomorrowhe quedado para almorzar con ellos mañana;I had arranged to meet her in townhabía quedado con ella en el centro;había acordado en verla en el centro;I'll meet you outside the cinemate veré en la entrada del cine;you'll never guess who I met on the bus today!¿a que no sabes con quién me encontré or me tropecé hoy en el autobús?
meet me at the beach tomorrow at two
we will be meeting the ambassador tomorrow to discuss the situationmañana tendremos un encuentro or una reunión con el embajador para discutir la situación;mañana nos entrevistaremos or nos reuniremos con el embajador para discutir la situación
2(go/come to get)ir/venir a buscar;(welcome)recibir
we met her at the stationla fuimos a buscar a la estación;I'm being met at the airportme vendrán a buscar al aeropuerto;she ran out to meet ussalió corriendo a recibirnos;to meet sb off the trainir a esperar a algn a la estación;don't bother to meet meno os molestéis en venir a esperarme
the car will meet the trainthe bus meets the aircraft
the bus for Aix meets the ten o'clock trainel autobús que va a Aix conecta con el tren de las diez
hay correspondencia entre ...Kurt's parents weren't able to meet our plane/flight so we took a taxiLili and my father met me off the boat
I never met himno lo llegué a conocer;I met my wife in 1988conocí a mi mujer en 1988;meet my brotherquiero presentarte a mi hermano;he's the kindest person I've ever metes la persona más amable que he conocido jamás
candidates will be required to meet the committeewe met by chance
nice to have met you!¡encantado de conocerlo!;pleased to meet you!¡mucho gusto!;¡encantado de conocerlo!
I am very pleased to meet you
4(come together with)
where the sea meets the horizondonde el mar se junta con el horizonte;the box met the ground with an almighty thudla caja se estrelló ruidsosamente contra el suelo;the sound which met his earsel sonido que llegó a sus oídos
I met no vehicles coming in the opposite directionto meet sb's [eye] [gaze]
I could not meet his eyeno podía mirarle a los ojos;her eyes met her sister's across the tabletropezó con la mirada de su hermana al otro lado de la mesa;what a scene met my eyes!¡el escenario que se presentó ante mis ojos!
almost all retired people meet this problemcasi todos los jubilados se encuentran con este problema
I believed I would never meet a problem I could not solvenever had she met such spite and pettinessI don't know how I will react the next time I meet a potentially dangerous situationhe had never met a problem like it
6(confront)[+opponent]enfrentarse con;(in duel)batirse con;[+problem]hacer frente a
he met his death or his end in 1800halló or encontró la muerte en 1800;to meet death calmlyenfrentarse con la muerte con tranquilidad
to meet death courageouslyhe met his death at the hands of a soldierno one knows exactly how or where he met his endshe was prepared to meet problems as they arose
to meet sth head-onenfrentarse de lleno con algo;hacer frente or plantar cara directamente a algo
She met the problem head-on, with a child's directnessBecker will meet Ivanisevich in the finalto be met [with]/[by] sth
this suggestion was met with angry protestsla gente reaccionó con protestas de indignación ante la sugerencia
the remark was met by cheerstheir explanations were met with great interesthis appointment was met with a mixture of expectation and reservationReagan's speech was met with incredulity in the US
7(satisfy)[+need]satisfacer;cubrir;[+demand]atender a;satisfacer;[+wish]satisfacer;[+requirement]cumplir con;[+debt]pagar;[+expense, cost]correr con;hacer frente a;[+obligation]atender a;cumplir con;[+target, goal]alcanzar;[+challenge]hacer frente a;[+expectations]estar a la altura de
he offered to meet the full cost of the repairsse ofreció a correr con or hacer frente a todos los gastos de la reparación;it did not meet our expectationsno estuvo a la altura de nuestras expectativas
these policies do little to meet the needs of single mothersthe government is unable to meet the demand for housingthere were nowhere near enough buses to meet the demandonly 120 candidates met the entry requirementshow to tailor your application to meet your employer's requirementshe found himself in the position of not being able to meet his debtsI have difficulty finding the money to meet the monthly repaymentsthe government's unbalanced borrowings to meet the deficit precipitated a panicthe government said it will help meet some of the cost of the damagea Foreign Office idea of a separate "protocol" to meet Danish objections to the treatyit will now be easier to meet our target of around 850 unitsfactories that don't meet their production targetsto meet that goal, Japan will have to build another 40 reactorsit is an enormous challenge but we hope to meet it within 18 monthsit goes some way towards meeting their wishes
1(encounter each other)(by arrangement)quedar;verse;(by chance)encontrarse;(hold meeting)reunirse;[+ambassador, politician](with interested parties)entrevistarse;reunirse
we could meet for a drink after workpodríamos vernos or quedar para tomar una copa después del trabajo;what time shall we meet?¿a qué hora quieres que quedemos or nos veamos?;let's meet at eightquedemos para las ocho;they arranged to meet at tenquedaron en verse a las diez;the two ministers met to discuss the treatylos dos ministros se entrevistaron or se reunieron para discutir el tratado
officials from the two countries will meet soon to resume negotiationsI ask after his wife whenever we meet
to meet againvolver a verse;until we meet again!¡hasta la vista!;¡hasta pronto!
keep it until we meet again
2(convene)[+Parliament, club, committee]reunirse
the society meets at eightla sociedad se reúne a las ocho
the class meets in the art roomthe group meets regularly to exchange experiencesthe Commission met four times between 1988 and 1991the Russian Parliament meets today in Moscowwhen Parliament meets on Monday morning, opposition leaders may try to overturn the edict
3(get to know one another, be introduced)conocerse
we met in Sevillenos conocimos en Sevilla;we have met beforenos conocemos ya;have we met?¿nos conocemos de antes?
the jacket was so small the two sides wouldn't meet (in the middle)parallel lines will never meet, however far they are extendedwhere the rivers/the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meetthe roads meet at Toledo
our eyes metcruzamos una mirada;their lips metsus labios se encontraron
Bilbao and Valencia will meet in the finalel Bilbao se enfrentará con el Valencia en la final;Bilbao y Valencia se disputarán la final
the two women will meet tomorrow in the finalEngland last met the Frnech in 1984, when they lost 2-0the two armies met at Guilford on 15th March 1781
to meet (sb) in battlelibrar batalla (con algn)
I was on the windy plains of Troy as Achilles and Hector met in battlethey would soon meet in battle men with whom they had been drinking together only a week ago
she managed to get there before the meet moved off to begin the huntJohn Pennel became the first person to pole-vault 17 ft, at a meet in Miami, FLoridathe new Saratoga racetrack held its first meet. with 26 horses running in 8 racesa long-awaited five-nation swimming meet in Moscow
meet[miːt]
adjective
[+liter]conveniente;apropiado
it is meet that ...conviene que ...;to be meet forser apto para
