Thanks for your reply Karen.
I am trying to avoid penalties rather than trick the engines.
So I will try to get this straight in my head. If I drop the key words altogether on the Spanish pages, does that mean I don't need to translate the remaing meta tags?
Also... more of your time/experience, would you advise to keep & translate the meta tags or not bother with meta tags at all? (for the Spanish pages)

Thanks In Advance
TIA
Thanks