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Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1807. From Latin creditum. Doublet of crédito.
Pronunciation
Noun
creto m (plural cretos)
- reputation
- Synonyms: fama, sona
1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:Ò xeito, ò xeito co eso:
estànos a xente escoitando;
non sea que perda o crèto
polas vosas faladuras.- Careful, careful with that:
people are listening to us;
lest I lose my reputation
because of your prattle.
- credit
- Synonym: crédito
- Non lle dou nengún creto ao que di ― I don't give credit to what he is saying
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “creto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “creto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “creto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Latin
Participle
crētō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of crētus
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
creto
- (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of credu
Mutation