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neto

See also: Neto, néto, -neto, and -ñeto

Cebuano

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Etymology

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A reverse spelling of oten.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ne‧to

Noun

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neto

  1. the penis

Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese neto, from local Medieval Latin nepto,[1] from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis (“granddaughter”). Cognate with Portuguese neto and Spanish nieto.

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Noun

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neto m (plural netos, feminine neta, feminine plural netas)

  1. grandson
  2. jack rafter
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Etymology 2

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Unknown: attested since the 15th century; lacks cognates in Portuguese or Spanish.

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Noun

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neto m (plural netos)

  1. 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 [1/2 of 2 l] 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 [we consume], 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
  2. (informal) a glass of wine
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Etymology 3

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From Spanish neto, itself from Italian netto.

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neto (feminine neta, masculine plural netos, feminine plural netas)

  1. net (remaining after deductions)

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  1. ^ "Nepto" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch netto, from Vulgar Latin *nittus < *nit'dus, from syncopation of classical Latin nitidus.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈneto]
  • Hyphenation: né‧to

Adjective

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neto or néto

  1. net, free from extraneous substances, remaining after expenses or deductions.
    Synonym: bersih

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Latin

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Verb

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nētō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of neō

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Adjective

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neto

  1. genitive/dative singular masculine/neuter of nent, which is present active participle of neti (“to lead”)

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese neto, derived in masculine from the feminine neta, from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis (“granddaughter”).

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  • Rhymes: -ɛtu
  • Hyphenation: ne‧to

Noun

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neto m (plural netos, feminine neta, feminine plural netas)

  1. grandson, male grandchild

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Spanish

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Etymology

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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.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈneto/ [ˈne.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -eto
  • Syllabification: ne‧to

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neto (feminine neta, masculine plural netos, feminine plural netas)

  1. clean, pure, clear
  2. net (remaining after deductions)

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