metido
Galician
Participle
metido (feminine metida, masculine plural metidos, feminine plural metidas)
- past participle of meter
Portuguese
Etymology
Past participle of meter.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈt͡ʃi.du/
- (Southern Brazil) 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)
- involved
- Eu não acho que ele esteja metido nisso. ― I don't think he's involved in this.
- (Brazil, regional) interfering, meddling; nosy
- Synonym: intrometido
- (Brazil, informal, derogatory) overconfident, cocky, arrogant, stuck up
- (Brazil, informal, derogatory, followed by "a") self-proclaimed; self-styled
- Ele é metido a sabichão, mas não entende nada do assunto ― He's self-proclaimed intelligent, but knows nothing about it
Derived terms
- metido a besta
Participle
metido (feminine metida, masculine plural metidos, feminine plural metidas)
- past participle of meter
Further reading
- “metido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “metido”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
- “metido”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “metido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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)
Derived terms
- metido en años
- metido en carnes
Participle
metido (feminine metida, masculine plural metidos, feminine plural metidas)
- past participle of meter
Further reading
- “metido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025