metido

Galician

Participle

metido (feminine metida, masculine plural metidos, feminine plural metidas)

1. past participle of meter

Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of meter.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈt͡ʃi.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈt͡ʃi.du/
  • (Porto Alegre) IPA^(key): /meˈt͡ʃi.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈti.du/ [mɨˈti.ðu]

• Hyphenation: me‧ti‧do

Adjective

metido (feminine metida, masculine plural metidos, feminine plural metidas)

1. involved

   Eu não acho que ele esteja metido nisso. ― I don't think he's involved in this.

2. (Brazil, regional) interfering, meddling; nosy

   Synonym: intrometido

3. (Brazil, informal, derogatory) overconfident, cocky, arrogant, stuck up

   Synonyms: arrogante, soberbo

4. (Brazil, informal, derogatory, followed by "a") wannabe

Participle

metido (feminine metida, masculine plural metidos, feminine plural metidas)

1. past participle of meter

Further reading

• “metido”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “metido”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈtido/ [meˈt̪i.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: me‧ti‧do

Adjective

metido (feminine metida, masculine plural metidos, feminine plural metidas)

1. (colloquial, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela) nosy

   Synonyms: entremetido, metete, metiche

Derived terms

• metido en años
• metido en carnes

Participle

metido (feminine metida, masculine plural metidos, feminine plural metidas)

1. past participle of meter

Further reading

• “metido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024