Meterse Examples, Sentences & Quiz

Introduction

meterse means to get into, to meddle, and it is one of those verbs that shows up everywhere once you start listening for it. It is a regular -er verb, reflexive verb, and this page puts it to work: real example sentences in several tenses, grouped by use, two short passages that show the verb in context, the mistakes learners make with it, a ten-question quiz and answers to common questions. If you only learn one sentence, make it «Me meto todos los días» — I get into every day. The rest of this page builds out from there, tense by tense, so you can use meterse the way native speakers do — in the present for habits, in the past for finished events, and in the subjunctive after wishes and doubts.

Meterse in real example sentences

In the present: everyday use

The present is where meterse lives most of the time — routines, facts and what is happening now:

  1. Me meto todos los días. — I get into every day.
  2. Te metes en el trabajo. — You get into at work.
  3. Se mete con mi familia. — He gets into with my family.
  4. Nos metemos por la mañana. — We get into in the morning.

Talking about the past

In the past, choose the preterite for a finished event and the imperfect for a habit or background:

  1. Ayer me metí por la tarde. — Yesterday I got into in the afternoon.
  2. Antes, me metía todos los días. — In the past, I used to get into every day.
  3. La semana pasada se metió dos veces. — Last week He got into twice.

Plans and things already done

The future, the conditional and the present perfect round out the picture — plans, hypotheticals and recent events:

  1. Mañana me meteré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will get into without fail.
  2. Si tuviera más tiempo, me metería ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would get into right now.
  3. Hoy me he metido dos veces. — Today I have got into twice.

More everyday uses

The subjunctive, the imperative and the progressive cover wishes, commands and actions in progress:

  1. Espero que te metas pronto. — I hope You get into soon.
  2. ¡No te metas! — Don't get into!
  3. Ahora mismo me estoy metiendo. — Right now I am getting into.

Meterse in context

A short dialogue

Ana: «Me meto en el trabajo.» — I get into at work. Luis: «¡Qué bien! Me meto con mi familia.» — I get into with my family. Ana: «Mañana me meteré sin falta.» — Tomorrow I will get into without fail. Luis: «Si tuviera más tiempo, me metería ahora mismo.» — If I had more time, I would get into right now. Ana: «Hoy me he metido dos veces.» — Today I have got into twice.

A short paragraph

Ayer me metí por la tarde. Antes, me metía todos los días. Hoy me he metido dos veces. Mañana me meteré sin falta.

Yesterday I got into in the afternoon. In the past, I used to get into every day. Today I have got into twice. Tomorrow I will get into without fail.

Common mistakes with meterse

1. Forgetting the reflexive pronoun

Wrong: yo meto todos los días.

Right: me meto todos los días.

meterse is reflexive: the pronoun me belongs before every conjugated form. Without it, you are using the non-reflexive verb, which means something different — doing the action to someone else instead of to yourself.

2. Using the imperfect for a finished event

Wrong: Ayer me metía.

Right: Ayer me metí.

Yesterday's finished action needs the preterite, metí. The imperfect metía describes what used to happen or what was going on, not a single completed event.

3. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger

Wrong: Espero que te metes.

Right: Espero que te metas.

After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: metas, not the indicative metes. Wishes, hopes and doubts all trigger this change.

4. Using the affirmative imperative after no

Wrong: No te mete.

Right: No te metas.

Negative commands use the subjunctive-based forms: no metas. The affirmative mete can never follow no.

5. Confusing the gerund with the past participle

Wrong: He metiendo.

Right: He metido.

The perfect tenses use haber plus the past participle: he metido. The gerund metiendo goes with estar for actions in progress («Estoy metiendo»), never with haber.

Quiz: meterse in use

Test yourself on meterse in use. Choose the correct answer, then check the key below.

1. What is the vosotros/as form of meterse in the present indicative?

- (a) mete
- (b) metéis
- (c) meto
- (d) metes

2. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of meterse in the preterite?

- (a) metió
- (b) metiste
- (c) metí
- (d) metieron

3. What is the yo form of meterse in the future?

- (a) meteremos
- (b) meterá
- (c) meterás
- (d) meteré

4. What is the tú form of meterse in the present perfect?

- (a) he metido
- (b) hemos metido
- (c) has metido
- (d) ha metido

5. What is the vosotros/as form of meterse in the imperfect?

- (a) metía
- (b) metíais
- (c) metía
- (d) metías

6. What is the gerund of meterse?

- (a) meto
- (b) meterse
- (c) metido
- (d) metiendo

7. What is the past participle of meterse?

- (a) meterse
- (b) metido
- (c) metiendo
- (d) metí

8. Which sentence uses meterse correctly?

- (a) *Yo meterse todos los días.*
- (b) *Yo metes todos los días.*
- (c) *Me meto todos los días.* — I get into every day.
- (d) *Yo mete todos los días.*

9. Which sentence uses meterse correctly?

- (a) *Ayer me metí por la tarde.* — Yesterday I got into in the afternoon.
- (b) *Ayer yo metía por la tarde.*
- (c) *Ayer yo meterse por la tarde.*
- (d) *Ayer yo meto por la tarde.*

10. What does meterse mean?

- (a) to get into, to meddle
- (b) to kill
- (c) to move (oneself)
- (d) to apply makeup to

Answer key

1. (b) — In the present indicative, the vosotros/as form of meterse is metéis. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 2. (d) — In the preterite, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of meterse is metieron. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 3. (d) — In the future, the yo form of meterse is meteré. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (c) — In the present perfect, the tú form of meterse is has metido. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (b) — In the imperfect, the vosotros/as form of meterse is metíais. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (d) — The gerund of meterse is metiendo. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy metiendo». 7. (b) — The past participle of meterse is metido. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he metido». 8. (c) — Only this sentence pairs the right person with the right form of meterse; the others mix a person with another person's form, or use the infinitive instead of a conjugated form. 9. (a) — Only this sentence pairs the right person with the right form of meterse; the others mix a person with another person's form, or use the infinitive instead of a conjugated form. 10. (a) — meterse means «to get into, to meddle».

Frequently asked questions

How do you say 'I get into' in Spanish?

Say «Me meto todos los días». That is the present-tense yo form, and it is the sentence you will use most with this verb.

How do you say 'I got into' about yesterday?

Say «Ayer me metí por la tarde». The preterite is the tense for a finished event: yesterday, last week, last night.

Is meterse reflexive?

Yes — meterse is reflexive, so every conjugated form takes its pronoun: me meto, te metes, se mete. The pronoun always comes before the verb, except in affirmative commands, where it attaches to the end.

Which tense do learners find hardest with meterse?

Most learners struggle with choosing between the preterite and the imperfect, not with the forms themselves. Use the preterite (metí) for a single finished event and the imperfect (metía) for habits and background. After that, the subjunctive is the next step.

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