ellos metieron

put, placed, inserted

→ meter
met to get involved in, to meddle in + ieron third-person plural preterite
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Uncommon #14,933
put, placed, inserted
SP: Metieron los libros en una caja.
EN: They put the books in a box.
Conjugation of meter
SingularPlural
First — meternos
Second meterte —
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First metí metimos
Second metiste —
Third metió metieron

Cómo se metieron a robar cientos de piezas?

How did they break in and steal hundreds of artifacts?

— Museo (2018)

Lo metieron preso.

They put him in jail.

Metieron preso a Tom.

They arrested Tom.

Lo metieron en el maletero.

They put him in the trunk.

Pienso que me metieron en el avión en lugar de Pablito, ¿comprende?

I think they put me on the plane instead of Pablito, do you understand?

— Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром! (1976)

Es que metieron a mi papá al hospital.

It's just that they admitted my dad to the hospital.

— Museo (2018)

Le metieron mucho amor.

They put a lot of love into it.

Metieron a mi papá al hospital.

They admitted my dad to the hospital.

— Museo (2018)

Te lo metieron, gordo.

They put it in you, fatty.

— Diarios de motocicleta (2004)

Se metieron en nuestra casa y tengo audiencia, en una hora.

They broke into our house, and I have a hearing in an hour.

— Argentina 1985 (2022)

Todos se metieron en una carrera frenética.

They all got caught up in a frantic race.

— 3 Idiotas (2009)

Metieron sus narices en el mundo de otras personas.

They poked their noses into other people's world.

Luego nos arrestaron y nos metieron en prisión.

Then they arrested us and put us in prison.

— स्वदेस (2004)

Lo metieron en prisión.

They put him in prison.

¿Y a su madre, por qué la metieron presa?

And why did they put her mother in prison?

— Nazarín (1959)

Metieron al niño en la incubadora.

They put the child in the incubator.

Me metieron preso.

They put me in jail.

— ¡Adiós Lenin! (2003)

Dicen que la metieron en un manicomio.

They say they put her in an insane asylum.

— Voces Inocentes (2005)

Nos metieron en el furgón y nos llevaron a una casa enorme.

They put us in the van and took us to a huge house.

— Pecadores (2025)

Que anoche se metieron en una casa.

That they broke into a house last night.

— Noche de fuego (2021)

Es por el esperma negro que te metieron por el culo.

It's because of the black semen they put up your ass.

— Perros de Reserva (1992)

Lo metieron por error en un avión.

They put him on a plane by mistake.

— Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром! (1976)

Metieron la pata.

They messed up.

Lo metieron con el oro.

They put him in with the gold.

Creo que esos chicos de ahí se lo metieron en la bolsa.

I think those guys over there put it in his bag.

— Nadie sabe (2004)

Le metieron en la cárcel por escribir el libro.

He was put in jail for writing the book.

¿Había veneno en el trapo que le metieron a Santiago en la boca?

Was there poison on the rag they shoved into Santiago’s mouth?

— Cuestión De Honor (1992)