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meta- meaning in Spanish

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metanarrative (narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge)
noun

grandes narrativasnoun
{m-Pl}

grandes relatosnoun
{m}

macrorrelatonoun

metanarrativanoun

metarrelatonoun

metapelite (A metamorphosed pelite rock)
noun

metapelitanoun
{f}

metaphase [metaphases] noun

metafasenoun
{f}

metaphony noun
[UK: mˌetəfˈɒni]
[US: mˌeɾəfˈɑːni]

metafoníanoun
{f}

metaphor [metaphors] (uncountable: figure of speech)
noun
[UK: ˈmet.əf.ə(r)]
[US: ˈmet.ə.fɔːr]

metáforanoun
{f}
This is a metaphor. = Esta es una metáfora.

metaphorical (pertaining to a metaphor)
adjective
[UK: ˌme.tə.ˈfɒ.rɪk.l̩]
[US: ˌme.tə.ˈfɔː.rɪk.l̩]

metafóricoadjective

metaphorically (in a metaphoric manner)
adverb
[UK: ˌme.tə.ˈfɒ.rɪk.l̩i]
[US: ˌme.tə.ˈfɔː.rɪk.l̩i]

metafóricamenteadverb

metaphoricity (quality of being a metaphor)
noun

metaforicidadnoun
{f}

metaphorize (describe something using metaphors)
verb

metaforizarverb

metaphyseal (of or pertaining to the metaphysis)
adjective

metafisarioadjective

metaphysical (of or pertaining to metaphysics)
adjective
[UK: ˌme.tə.ˈfɪ.zɪk.l̩]
[US: ˌme.tə.ˈfɪ.zɪk.l̩]

metafísicoadjective

metaphysical naturalism (the view that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations)
noun

naturalismo metafísiconoun
{m}

metaphysically (in a metaphysical manner)
adverb
[UK: ˌme.tə.ˈfɪ.zɪk.l̩i]
[US: ˌme.tə.ˈfɪ.zɪk.l̩i]

metafísicamenteadverb

metaphysician [metaphysicians] (A philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics)
noun
[UK: ˌme.tə.fɪ.ˈzɪ.ʃən]
[US: ˌme.tə.fɪ.ˈzɪ.ʃən]

metafísiconoun
{m}

metaphysics (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
noun
[UK: ˌme.tə.ˈfɪ.zɪks]
[US: ˌme.tə.ˈfɪ.zɪks]

metafísicanoun
{f}
Mathematics is the only good metaphysics. = La matemática es la única buena metafísica.

metaplasia [metaplasias] (conversion of one type of tissue into another)
noun
[UK: ˌme.tə.ˈpleɪz.jə]
[US: ˌme.tə.ˈpleɪ.ʒə]

metaplasianoun
{m}

metaplasm (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds)
noun
[UK: mˌetəplˈazəm]
[US: mˌeɾəplˈæzəm]

metaplasmonoun
{m}

metasearch engine noun

metabuscadornoun
{m}

metastasis [metastases] (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body)
noun
[UK: mə.ˈtæ.stə.sɪs]
[US: mə.ˈtæ.stə.sɪs]

metástasisnoun

metastasize [metastasized, metastasizing, metastasizes] (to spread to other sites in the body)
verb
[UK: mə.ˈtæ.stə.ˌsaɪz]
[US: mə.ˈtæ.stə.ˌsaɪz]

metastatizarverb

metastatic (relating to metastasis)
adjective
[UK: mə.ˈtæ.stə.sɪs]
[US: mə.ˈtæ.stə.sɪs]

metastáticoadjective

metatarsus [metatarsi] (part of the foot between the toes and the ankle)
noun
[UK: ˌme.tə.ˈtɑː.səs]
[US: ˌme.tə.ˈtɑːr.səs]

metatarsonoun
{m}

metate (flat stone for grinding grains)
noun

metatenoun

metathesis [metatheses] (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
noun
[UK: me.ˈtæ.θə.sɪs]
[US: mə.ˈtæ.θɪ.sɪs]

metátesisnoun
{f}

Metatron (archangel and the chancellor of Heaven and the scribe of the book of life)
proper noun

Metatrónproper noun
{m}

metaverse (hypothetical future Internet)
noun

metaversonoun
{m}
The Metaverse strikes me as a big scam. = El metaverso se me hace como una gran estafa.

metazoan ((zoology) animals with differentiated tissues)
noun
[UK: mˌetəzˈəʊən]
[US: mˌeɾəzˈoʊən]

metazoonoun
{m}

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