{{Short description|Portuguese-language generational suffix}} {{Italic title}} '''''Neto'''''{{efn|{{IPA|pt|ˈnɛtu}}, {{literal|grandson}}}} is a Portuguese-language generational suffix. As with its English-language equivalent {{lang|en|{{Abbr|III|the third}}|italics=yes}},{{efn|As in, for example, Benigno Aquino ''III''}} the suffix is placed after a boy or man's name when he, his father, and his grandfather all have the same name.
The following people bear the suffix Neto:
* António Agostinho Neto, former president of Angola * Darcy Dolce Neto, Brazilian football (soccer) player * Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian football (soccer) player * Ernesto Neto, Brazilian visual artist * Franco José Vieira Neto, Brazilian beach volleyball player * João Cabral de Melo Neto, Brazilian poet * João Marinho Neto, Brazilian supercentenarian, oldest living man * José Ferreira Neto, Brazilian sports commentator and former association football player * Luís Carlos Novo Neto, Portuguese footballer * Michel Cury Neto, Brazilian footballer * Norberto Murara Neto, Brazilian footballer * Olyntho Neto (born 1986), Brazilian politician * Otacílio Mariano Neto, Brazilian footballer * Otacilio Jales da Silva Neto, Brazilian footballer * Raul Bragança Neto, former prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe * Raul "Raulzinho" Togni Neto, Brazilian basketball player
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==See also== *''Filho (disambiguation)'', a similar Portuguese-language generational suffix *Netto (surname), a surname of which ''Neto'' is sometimes a variant *Portuguese name
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