neto

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

Cebuano

Etymology

A reverse spelling of oten.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ne‧to

Noun

neto

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛto̝/

Noun

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

1. grandson
2. jack rafter

Derived terms

• netiño
• Neto

Related terms

• bisneto
• neta

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛto̝/

Noun

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

Derived terms

• netiño

Etymology 3

From Spanish neto, itself from Italian netto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛto̝/

Adjective

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

1. net (remaining after deductions)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “neto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “neto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “neto”, 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), “neto (medida)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “neto (familia)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “neto 'medida'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “neto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• netto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈneto/ [ˈne.t̪o], /ˈnɛto/ [ˈnɛ.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto, -ɛto
• Syllabification: ne‧to

Adjective

neto

1. (of an amount) net, free from extraneous substances, remaining after expenses or deductions

   Synonym: bersih

   Antonyms: kotor, bruto

Further reading

• “neto”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈneː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛː.to]

Verb

nētō

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

Participle

nētō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nētus

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑁂𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• नेतो (Devanagari script)
• নেতো (Bengali script)
• නෙතො (Sinhalese script)
• နေတော or ၼေတေႃ (Burmese script)
• เนโต (Thai script)
• ᨶᩮᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ເນໂຕ (Lao script)
• នេតោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄬𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

neto

1. 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.tu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Hyphenation: ne‧to

Noun

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

1. grandson, male grandchild

Derived terms

• abneto
• bisneto
• tataraneto
• tetraneto
• tresneto
• trineto

Further reading

• “neto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “neto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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/ [ˈne.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: ne‧to

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• patrimonio neto
• peso neto

Further reading

• “neto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /neˈto/ [n̪ɛˈt̪o], /ˈneto/ [ˈn̪ɛː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -o, -eto
• Syllabification: ne‧to

Determiner

netó or neto (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆᜓ) (colloquial)

1. alternative form of nito

Pronoun

netó or neto (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆᜓ) (colloquial)

1. alternative form of nito