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How to Say "shoving" in Spanish

The Spanish word forshovingis metiendoA1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

English → SpanishA1
GerundA1
forcing something into a space
A hand gently pushing a small, colorful wooden block into a matching square hole on a wooden shape-sorter toy.

Examples

Ella está metiendo los libros en la mochila.

She is putting the books in the backpack.

Estábamos metiendo las sillas en el camión cuando llovió.

We were putting the chairs in the truck when it rained.

The Progressive Tense

The '-iendo' ending shows that the action of 'meter' is ongoing. You use it with 'estar' (to be) to form the structure: ESTAR + METIENDO.

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