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Cebuano
Etymology
A reverse spelling of oten.
Pronunciation
Noun
neto
- the penis
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese neto, from local Medieval Latin nepto, from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis (“granddaughter”). Cognate with Portuguese neto and Spanish nieto.
Pronunciation
Noun
neto m (plural netos, feminine neta, feminine plural netas)
- grandson
- jack rafter
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Etymology 2
Unknown: attested since the 15th century; lacks cognates in Portuguese or Spanish.
Pronunciation
Noun
neto m (plural netos)
- a traditional unit of volume, equivalent to a pint or half a litre
1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 173:Boa tĩta se deue faser en esta guisa: Para hũu neto de tĩta, õça e media de agalla deitaredes medio açu[n]bre d'agua de chuuja e ferua fasta que mĩgue la metade cõ as ditas agallas quebradas- The good ink must be prepared in this manner: for preparing a pint of ink, an ounce and a half of oak gall: you'll add half an azumbre of rain water, and you'll let it boil till it reduces to the half, with those galls broken in it
- 1805, anonymous, Representación dos veciños da Pontedeva (in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 21-23):
non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos quita a pinga do viño, ¿que forza emos ter para traballar as terras?- our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine , when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little of bread, or bad black bread, and some greens without seasoning. If He takes this little wine, what strength we'll have left for working the lands?
- Synonym: cuartillo
- (informal) a glass of wine
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Etymology 3
From Spanish neto, itself from Italian netto.
Pronunciation
Adjective
neto (feminine neta, masculine plural netos, feminine plural netas)
- net (remaining after deductions)
References
- “neto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “neto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “neto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “neto (medida)” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “neto (familia)” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “neto 'medida'” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “neto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ "Nepto" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch netto, from Vulgar Latin *nittus < *nit'dus, from syncopation of classical Latin nitidus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
neto or néto
- net, free from extraneous substances, remaining after expenses or deductions.
- Synonym: bersih
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Latin
Verb
nētō
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of neō
Pali
Alternative forms
Adjective
neto
- genitive/dative singular masculine/neuter of nent, which is present active participle of neti (“to lead”)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese neto, derived in masculine from the feminine neta, from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis (“granddaughter”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛtu
- Hyphenation: ne‧to
Noun
neto m (plural netos, feminine neta, feminine plural netas)
- grandson, male grandchild
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan or French net, or Italian netto, all from Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus. Doublet of nítido, a direct borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneto/
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: ne‧to
Adjective
neto (feminine neta, masculine plural netos, feminine plural netas)
- clean, pure, clear
- net (remaining after deductions)
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