Meterse Conjugation in Spanish

Learning to conjugate meterse — «to get into, to meddle» — opens up a whole set of sentences you will use every day. It is a regular -er verb, reflexive verb, and this page covers it completely: thirteen tenses, the gerund metiendo and the past participle metido, example sentences in every tense, the common mistakes and a quiz with an answer key. A good first sentence to learn is «Me meto todos los días» — I get into every day. Once you can say that, the rest of the table falls into place person by person.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: meterse
  • English: to get into, to meddle
  • Verb type: regular -er verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -er
  • Gerund: metiendo
  • Past participle: metido
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + metido)
  • Reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, os, se — one before every conjugated form, matching the person.

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for meterse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

meterse is reflexive: Me meto todos los días; te metes todos los días. Without the pronoun, the verb means doing the action to someone else rather than to yourself, so keep the pronoun with the form.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for meterse. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.

Gerund: metiendo · Past participle: metido

Present Indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me meto
tú te metes
él/ella/Ud. se mete
nosotros/as nos metemos
vosotros/as os metéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se meten

Use the present of meterse for things that happen regularly and for things that are true in general. The yo form meto is the anchor of the table: the other persons follow the regular -er endings from it. When you talk about yourself right now, this is the form you need.

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me metí
tú te metiste
él/ella/Ud. se metió
nosotros/as nos metimos
vosotros/as os metisteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se metieron

Use the preterite of meterse for a single finished event: something that happened once and is over. The yo form is metí. If you can put a finished time expression with it — ayer, la semana pasada, anoche — the preterite is usually right.

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me metía
tú te metías
él/ella/Ud. se metía
nosotros/as nos metíamos
vosotros/as os metíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se metían

Use the imperfect of meterse for what used to happen and for what was going on when something else happened. The yo form is metía. If the action has no clear beginning or end in the story, the imperfect is the right choice.

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me meteré
tú te meterás
él/ella/Ud. se meterá
nosotros/as nos meteremos
vosotros/as os meteréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se meterán

Use the future of meterse for plans, promises and predictions. The yo form is meteré, built on the infinitive plus the future endings. For a firm plan, the future sounds more formal than ir a + infinitive; for a casual plan, either works.

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me metería
tú te meterías
él/ella/Ud. se metería
nosotros/as nos meteríamos
vosotros/as os meteríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se meterían

Use the conditional of meterse for hypothetical situations and for softening requests. The yo form is metería. It appears after si-clauses with the imperfect subjunctive and on its own for polite suggestions.

Present Perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me he metido
tú te has metido
él/ella/Ud. se ha metido
nosotros/as nos hemos metido
vosotros/as os habéis metido
ellos/ellas/Uds. se han metido

Use the present perfect of meterse for recent events with present relevance. The yo form is he metido — haber in the present plus metido. Time expressions like hoy, esta semana and últimamente are its natural partners.

Pluperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me había metido
tú te habías metido
él/ella/Ud. se había metido
nosotros/as nos habíamos metido
vosotros/as os habíais metido
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habían metido

Use the pluperfect of meterse when you need two layers of past: one event already finished before another past event began. The yo form is había metido. It is the tense of «had already done».

Future Perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me habré metido
tú te habrás metido
él/ella/Ud. se habrá metido
nosotros/as nos habremos metido
vosotros/as os habréis metido
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habrán metido

Use the future perfect of meterse to say that something will be finished by a future moment. The yo form is habré metido. It pairs naturally with deadlines: para mañana, para el viernes, para entonces.

Conditional Perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me habría metido
tú te habrías metido
él/ella/Ud. se habría metido
nosotros/as nos habríamos metido
vosotros/as os habríais metido
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habrían metido

Use the conditional perfect of meterse for the past that did not happen: what would have been done with more time or a different choice. The yo form is habría metido. It follows si-clauses with the pluperfect subjunctive.

Present Subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me meta
tú te metas
él/ella/Ud. se meta
nosotros/as nos metamos
vosotros/as os metáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se metan

Use the present subjunctive of meterse when the main clause expresses a wish, a doubt, an emotion or an impersonal judgement. The yo form is meta. After espero que, ojalá que and no creo que, the subjunctive is required, not optional.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me metiera
tú te metieras
él/ella/Ud. se metiera
nosotros/as nos metiéramos
vosotros/as os metierais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se metieran

Use the imperfect subjunctive of meterse after past-tense wishes and doubts, and in si-clauses that set up a hypothetical present. The yo form is metiera. It is built on the third-person plural preterite stem, which is why it looks different from the present subjunctive.

Imperative — Affirmative

Person Pronoun Form
tú te mete
él/ella/Ud. se meta
nosotros/as nos metamos
vosotros/as os meted
ellos/ellas/Uds. se metan

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

In real speech the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of an affirmative command; the table shows the pronoun and the form separately so you can see both parts.

Use the affirmative imperative of meterse to tell someone to do something: instructions, invitations and requests. The tú form is mete. For a polite command, use the usted form meta instead of the tú form.

Imperative — Negative

Person Pronoun Form
tú te metas
él/ella/Ud. se meta
nosotros/as nos metamos
vosotros/as os metáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se metan

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

In real speech the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of an affirmative command; the table shows the pronoun and the form separately so you can see both parts.

Use the negative imperative of meterse to forbid or to warn: «¡No metas!». The tú form is metas, taken from the present subjunctive. The word no always comes first, and the form never changes for emphasis.

Example sentences

  1. Me meto todos los días. — I get into every day.
  2. Ayer me metí por la tarde. — Yesterday I got into in the afternoon.
  3. Antes, me metía todos los días. — In the past, I used to get into every day.
  4. Mañana me meteré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will get into without fail.
  5. Si tuviera más tiempo, me metería ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would get into right now.
  6. Hoy me he metido dos veces. — Today I have got into twice.
  7. Espero que te metas pronto. — I hope You get into soon.
  8. Si me metiera, todo sería distinto. — If I got into, everything would be different.
  9. Ahora mismo me estoy metiendo. — Right now I am getting into.
  10. ¡No te metas! — Don't get into!

Common mistakes

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

Test yourself on the forms above. 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) meto
- (c) metéis
- (d) metes

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

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

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

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

4. What is the tú form of meterse in the future?

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

5. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of meterse in the conditional?

- (a) meterías
- (b) meteríamos
- (c) metería
- (d) metería

6. What is the nosotros/as form of meterse in the present perfect?

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

7. What is the vosotros/as form of meterse in the present subjunctive?

- (a) meta
- (b) meta
- (c) metáis
- (d) metas

8. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of meterse in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)?

- (a) metiera
- (b) metiera
- (c) metieras
- (d) metieran

9. What is the gerund of meterse?

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

10. What is the past participle of meterse?

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

Answer key

1. (c) — 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. (b) — In the imperfect, the yo form of meterse is metía. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (a) — In the future, the tú form of meterse is meterás. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (c) — In the conditional, the él/ella/Ud. form of meterse is metería. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (d) — In the present perfect, the nosotros/as form of meterse is hemos metido. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 7. (c) — In the present subjunctive, the vosotros/as form of meterse is metáis. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 8. (d) — In the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of meterse is metieran. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 9. (d) — The gerund of meterse is metiendo. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy metiendo». 10. (a) — The past participle of meterse is metido. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he metido».

Frequently asked questions

Is meterse regular or irregular?

Yes — meterse is a regular -er verb and reflexive. Learn the endings once and they work in every tense, with the stem met unchanged throughout.

What are the gerund and past participle of meterse?

The gerund is metiendo and the past participle is metido. Use the gerund with estar for actions in progress («Estoy metiendo») and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses («he metido»).

How do I say «I get into» in Spanish?

Say «Me meto todos los días». That is the yo form of the present tense, the form you need for talking about yourself right now.

What is the difference between the preterite and the imperfect of meterse?

Use the preterite (metí) for a single finished event and the imperfect (metía) for habits and background. «Ayer yo metí» reports something that happened and ended; «Antes, yo metía» describes what used to happen.

When do I use the subjunctive with meterse?

Use the subjunctive after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions — for example «Espero que tú metas». The trigger sits in the main clause; once it is there, the subjunctive form is required, not a stylistic choice.

What does the -se in meterse mean?

The -se marks meterse as reflexive: the action comes back to the subject. You always pair the form with its pronoun — me, te, se, nos, os, se — placed before the conjugated verb. Dropping the pronoun changes the meaning, so treat the pronoun as part of the verb.

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