I was watching Y Tu Mama Tambien last night and they were playing a truth or dare type game (without dare) and I looked the word up and its verdad but in the movie they say something like neta or something. Maybe a slang word or maybe a different dialect? Just curiosity, I only speak a little spanish. Thanks :]
2007-03-10 01:46:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
"la neta" is slang in Mexico for "la verdad" = the truth.
It comes from when in the label of a product it says net weight (peso neto in Spanish), and that's the real weight of the product, without the wrapping.
So yes, it's a slang expression to emphasize that you are telling or asking for the truth.
You could ask "¿la neta?" meaning "are you really telling the truth?" or "do you really want me to tell the truth?".
2007-03-10 12:28:42 · answer #1 · answered by ahcgr32 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Truth in Spanish is ''verdad''. Not so sure of slang word tho!
2007-03-10 01:53:26 · answer #2 · answered by Jen S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah you're right is a slang word, it has different meanings, but the most common is, "verdad" (truth)
For example in a dialogue it could be:
¿Estás seguro? = Are you sure?
Sí es la neta. = Yes is the truth.
Another meaning.
Really? = ¿Neta?
2007-03-10 14:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by Oswald ☆☆☆☆☆ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Verdad means truth. Neto(a) means genuine so it was just another word with a similar meaning.
2007-03-10 01:52:18 · answer #4 · answered by carinyosa99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Verdad. it can be spanish form a diffrent contruy. not all country have the same words.
2007-03-10 01:50:14 · answer #5 · answered by Milly 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's verdad u were right... It might just be slang
2007-03-10 01:50:11 · answer #6 · answered by wishuponastar10 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
la verdad
2007-03-10 01:49:40 · answer #7 · answered by hopeful678 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i speak spanish and i say it verdad
2007-03-10 01:49:43 · answer #8 · answered by valentina_garzon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
verdad = truth
neta(o) could be used as meaning
really, truly
2007-03-10 04:35:26 · answer #9 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
verdad
2007-03-10 01:48:32 · answer #10 · answered by ray 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋