nieto

• nepto (obsolete)

Derived in masculine from the feminine nieta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjeto/ [ˈnje.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: nie‧to

nieto m (plural nietos, feminine nieta, feminine plural nietas)

1. grandchild; grandson

The noun nieto is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.

• “nieto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014