meta in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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tecla meta N f

etiqueta meta N f COMPUT

lengua meta N f

I.meter VB trans

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II.meter VB intr Col sl (consumir marihuana)

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III.meterse VB vpr

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1.1. meterse (entrar) (meterse en algo):

me metí en el agua (en la playa)
I went into the water
me metí en el agua (en la piscina)
I got into the water
nos metimos en un museo
we went into a museum
se metió en la cama
he got into bed
métete por esa calle
go down that street
quise meterme bajo tierra
I just wanted the ground to swallow me up
no sabía dónde meterse de la vergüenza que le dio
she was so embarrassed she didn't know what to do with herself o where to put herself
¿dónde se habrá metido el perro?
where can the dog have got to?
¿dónde se habrá metido el perro?
where can the dog be?
(+ me/te/le etc) se me metió algo en el ojo
I got something in my eye
cuando se le mete una idea en la cabeza …
when he gets an idea into his head …

2.3. meterse (entrometerse):

meterse
to get involved
no te metas en lo que no te importa
mind your own business
no te metas en lo que no te importa
don't get involved in o don't meddle in things that don't concern you
todo iba bien hasta que ella se metió por medio
things were going fine until she started interfering
meterse con alg. inf no te metas conmigo que yo no te he hecho nada
don't go picking a fight with me, I haven't done anything to you
no te metas conmigo que hoy no estoy para bromas
leave me alone, I'm in no mood for jokes today
tú métete con los de tu edad/tamaño
why don't you pick on someone your own age/size?
con su hijo no te metas, que es sagrado iron
don't say a word against her son, she worships him
meterse donde no lo llaman
to poke one's nose into other people's business inf
¡no te metas donde no te llaman!
mind your own business!

línea de meta N f

Translations for meta in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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metre → meter

See also meter3, meter2, meter1

I.meter3 [Am ˈmidər, Brit ˈmiːtə] N

II.meter3 [Am ˈmidər, Brit ˈmiːtə] VB trans

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meter2, metre Brit [Am ˈmidər, Brit ˈmiːtə] N

meter1, metre Brit [Am ˈmidər, Brit ˈmiːtə] N (measure)

meta in the PONS Dictionary

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meta1 N f tb. fig

meta2 N mf (portero)

I.meter VB trans

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II.meter VB refl meterse

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meter1 [ˈmi:təʳ, Am -t̬ɚ] N

meter2 [ˈmi:təʳ, Am -t̬ɚ] N Am

meter → metre

See also metre

metre [ˈmi:təʳ, Am -t̬ɚ] N Brit, Aus

metre [ˈmi:təʳ, Am -t̬ɚ] N Brit, Aus

meta Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

línea de meta SPORTS (fútbol)
goal line
línea de meta (atletismo)
finishing line
encaminar los esfuerzos hacia una meta
to focus one's efforts on a goal
encaminarse a la meta
to focus on the goal
la meta de su vida
his/her aim in life
fijarse una meta
to set oneself a goal
la meta de alguien en la vida
sb's aim in life
línea f de meta
finishing line
línea f de salida/de meta
starting/finishing post
tener una meta en la vida
to have a purpose in life
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Since no single search engine covers the entire web, a meta search engine can produce a more comprehensive search of the web.
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However, a 2010 meta-analysis of fifteen placebo-controlled studies said that neither soy foods nor isoflavone supplements alter measures of bioavailable testosterone concentrations in men.
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Five of the studies, which included 27,805 people, were evaluated in the meta-analysis on protein in the urine (known as albuminuria or proteinuria).
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She acts sweet and innocent when she's the idol for advertising kilobots but when she robattles she's as dirty as the other rogue meta-fighters.
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Similar results were obtained in a patient-level meta analysis of manufacturer-sponsored clinical trials of venlaflaxine.
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The carbonyl and methylene are usually oriented either ortho or para to each other (there are some examples of transient synthetic meta quinone methides).
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Unless randomized control trials and meta-analyses really pluck at your heart strings, most articles in medical journals likely won't leave you misty-eyed.
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The meta-compiler methodology of self-regeneration for the purpose of bootstrapping generic tool building tools are often found in program transformation systems.
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This focus on meta-ethics was in part caused by an intense linguistic focus in analytic philosophy and by the popularity of logical positivism.
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Using meta-analytic methods of current best practices to look across the entire body of published and unpublished evaluation research on premarital education, we found a more complex pattern of results.
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