"meter" meaning in Portuguese

See meter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /meˈte(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [meˈte(h)] [Brazil], /meˈte(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [meˈte(h)] [Brazil], /meˈte(ɾ)/ [São-Paulo], /meˈte(ʁ)/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [meˈte(χ)] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /meˈte(ɻ)/ [Southern-Brazil], /mɨˈteɾ/ [Portugal], /mɨˈteɾ/ [Portugal], /mɨˈte.ɾi/ [Portugal, Southern] Audio: LL-Q5146 (por)-Santamarcanda-meter.wav
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese meter, from Latin mittere (“to send, to put”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”). Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|meter}} Old Galician-Portuguese meter, {{inh|pt|la|mittō|mittere|t=to send, to put}} Latin mittere (“to send, to put”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*mey-|*meyth₂-|t=to exchange, remove}} Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”) Head templates: {{pt-verb}} meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite meti, past participle metido) Inflection templates: {{pt-conj}} Forms: meto [first-person, present, singular], meti [first-person, preterite, singular], metido [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], meter [impersonal, infinitive], meter [first-person, infinitive, singular], meteres [infinitive, second-person, singular], meter [infinitive, singular, third-person], metermos [first-person, infinitive, plural], meterdes [infinitive, plural, second-person], meterem [infinitive, plural, third-person], metendo [gerund], metido [masculine, participle, past, singular], metidos [masculine, participle, past, plural], metida [feminine, participle, past, singular], metidas [feminine, participle, past, plural], meto [first-person, indicative, present, singular], metes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], mete [indicative, present, singular, third-person], metemos [first-person, indicative, plural, present], meteis [indicative, plural, present, second-person], metem [indicative, plural, present, third-person], metia [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], metias [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], metia [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], metíamos [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], metíeis [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], metiam [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], meti [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], meteste [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], meteu [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], metemos [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], metestes [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], meteram [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], metera [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, singular], meteras [indicative, pluperfect, second-person, singular], metera [indicative, pluperfect, singular, third-person], metêramos [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, plural], metêreis [indicative, pluperfect, plural, second-person], meteram [indicative, pluperfect, plural, third-person], meterei [first-person, future, indicative, singular], meterás [future, indicative, second-person, singular], meterá [future, indicative, singular, third-person], meteremos [first-person, future, indicative, plural], metereis [future, indicative, plural, second-person], meterão [future, indicative, plural, third-person], meteria [conditional, first-person, singular], meterias [conditional, second-person, singular], meteria [conditional, singular, third-person], meteríamos [conditional, first-person, plural], meteríeis [conditional, plural, second-person], meteriam [conditional, plural, third-person], meta [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], metas [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], meta [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], metamos [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], metais [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], metam [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], metesse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], metesses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], metesse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], metêssemos [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], metêsseis [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], metessem [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], meter [first-person, future, singular, subjunctive], meteres [future, second-person, singular, subjunctive], meter [future, singular, subjunctive, third-person], metermos [first-person, future, plural, subjunctive], meterdes [future, plural, second-person, subjunctive], meterem [future, plural, subjunctive, third-person], mete [imperative, second-person, singular], meta [imperative, singular, third-person], metamos [first-person, imperative, plural], metei [imperative, plural, second-person], metam [imperative, plural, third-person], não metas [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], não meta [imperative, negative, singular, third-person], não metamos [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], não metais [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], não metam [imperative, negative, plural, third-person], metter [alternative]
  1. (transitive) to put Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-meter-pt-verb-nB~WvfYE
  2. (transitive) to insert Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-meter-pt-verb-Ba0wXDGv Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 9 41 21 20 9
  3. (reflexive) to meddle, interfere Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-meter-pt-verb-2uB63QKZ
  4. (reflexive) to get into (to become involved in) [with em ‘something’] Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-meter-pt-verb-iibuDI9P Categories (other): Portuguese verbs ending in -er Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs ending in -er: 14 21 15 36 14
  5. (transitive, vulgar) to fuck, screw Tags: transitive, vulgar
    Sense id: en-meter-pt-verb-5dwDokGh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cometer, prometer

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "meter"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese meter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mittō",
        "4": "mittere",
        "t": "to send, to put"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mittere (“to send, to put”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mey-",
        "4": "*meyth₂-",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese meter, from Latin mittere (“to send, to put”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meto",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meti",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metido",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pt-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meter",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meter",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "infinitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteres",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meter",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metermos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "infinitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metendo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metido",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metidos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metidas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metíamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metíeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metiam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metestes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metera",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteras",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metera",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metêramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metêreis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterás",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterá",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteremos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metereis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterão",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteria",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteria",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteríamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteríeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteriam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metesse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metesses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metesse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metêssemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metêsseis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metessem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meter",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteres",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meter",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metermos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não metas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não meta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não metamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não metais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não metam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metter",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite meti, past participle metido)",
      "name": "pt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "me‧ter"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "pt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cometer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prometer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to put"
      ],
      "id": "en-meter-pt-verb-nB~WvfYE",
      "links": [
        [
          "put",
          "put"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to put"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 41 21 20 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He took off his shoes, shoved his socks in his pocket, shrugged off his overcoat, his tie and his collar, and snored relieved.",
          "ref": "1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Festa [Celebration]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 108:",
          "text": "Descalçou-se, metteu as meias no bolso, tirou o paletot, a gravata e o collarinho, roncou alliviado.",
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          "english": "He took off his shoes, shoved his socks in his pocket, shrugged off his overcoat, his tie and his collar, and snored relieved.",
          "ref": "1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Festa [Celebration]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 108:",
          "text": "Descalçou-se, metteu as meias no bolso, tirou o paletot, a gravata e o collarinho, roncou alliviado.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to insert"
      ],
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        [
          "insert",
          "insert"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to insert"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese reflexive verbs",
        "Portuguese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Portuguese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              119,
              129
            ]
          ],
          "text": "— Já pensaram no que vem por aí? Uma vida inteira, juntos? As brigas, às vezes por mesquinharia? O ciuminho? Os sogros se metendo? As diferenças: filme de pancadaria ou filme romântico? Luz acesa para um ler quando o outro quer dormir? Um não podendo viver sem ar refrigerado, apesar da rinite do outro? Já pensaram?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to meddle, interfere"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meddle",
          "meddle"
        ],
        [
          "interfere",
          "interfere"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to meddle, interfere"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to get into (to become involved in)"
      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "get into",
          "get into"
        ]
      ],
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        "(reflexive) to get into (to become involved in) [with em ‘something’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese transitive verbs",
        "Portuguese vulgarities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fuck, screw"
      ],
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        [
          "fuck",
          "fuck"
        ],
        [
          "screw",
          "screw"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, vulgar) to fuck, screw"
      ],
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        "transitive",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/meˈte(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
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        "Brazil"
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        "Brazil"
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      "ipa": "/meˈte(ɾ)/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
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    {
      "ipa": "/meˈte(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[meˈte(χ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈte(ɻ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɨˈteɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɨˈteɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɨˈte.ɾi/",
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        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
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}

Download raw JSONL data for meter meaning in Portuguese (12.9kB)

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