Adjective: netu
Hyphenation: ne‧tu
| Singular m. | netu |
| Singular f. | neta |
| Plural m. | netos |
| Plural f. | netes |
Sample Sentences
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Elli ye asturianu netu (He's a true asturian)
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ye, más que obligación, xosticia neta. (It is, more than an obligation, true justice.) [1903, Emilio Martínez, ¡Probe España!:]
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Ye la neña más cuca, la más neta, (She's the cutest girl, the truest,) [1904, Marcos del Torniello, La muyer avilesina:]
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La cacía taba ordenao, neto que la montonera de llibros que teníen. (The dishes were tidy, just like the pile of books they had.) [2019, Nicolás Bardio, La Colomina 36:]
Adjectives inflected like netu
serbiu,
severu,
seguru,
sedosu,
cristianu,
favoritu,
satisfechu,
cunqueiru,
solanu,
bermeyu,
completu,
compautu,
xarelu,
alministrativu,
escandinavu,
escandalosu,
violentu,
analóxicu,
séptimu,
galbaneru, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan or French net, or Italian netto, all from Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus. Doublet of nidiu, inherited from Latin. See: French Adjectives '
net', Italian Adjectives '
netto', Latin Adjectives '
nitidus'.
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