# neto
## Cebuano
### Etymology

A reverse spelling of oten.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ne‧to

### 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

* IPA: /ˈnɛto̝/

#### Noun

neto m (plural netos, feminine neta, feminine plural netas)
* grandson
* 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: /ˈnɛto̝/

#### 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 quebradasThe 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
* (informal) a glass of wine

##### Derived terms

* netiño

### Etymology 3

From Spanish neto, itself from Italian netto.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɛto̝/

#### Adjective

neto (feminine neta, masculine plural netos, feminine plural netas)
* net (remaining after deductions)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “neto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “neto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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
* ↑ "Nepto" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈneto]
* Hyphenation: né‧to

### Adjective

neto or néto
* net, free from extraneous substances, remaining after expenses or deductions.
    Synonym: bersih

#### Alternative forms

* netto

### Further reading

* “neto” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Verb

nētō
* second/third-person singular future active imperative of neō

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 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
* 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

* IPA: /ˈnɛ.tu/
* Rhymes: -ɛtu
* Hyphenation: ne‧to

### Noun

neto m (plural netos, feminine neta, feminine plural netas)
* grandson, male grandchild

#### Derived terms

* abneto
* bisneto
* tetraneto
* tresneto
* trineto

#### Related terms

* avô/avó

## 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: /ˈneto/ [ˈne.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -eto
* Syllabification: ne‧to

### Adjective

neto (feminine neta, masculine plural netos, feminine plural netas)
* clean, pure, clear
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10