nada

See also Nada, and Naďa

English

Etymology

From Spanish nada (“nothing”)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑːdə

Noun

nada

1. (informal, colloquial, singular only) nothing

Translations

nothing — see nothing

Antonyms

• something

Anagrams

• aDNA
• ANDA
• Dana

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñada

Adverb

nada

1. nothing

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Catalan

Verb

nada

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of nadar.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of nadar.

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Dutch

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

   Niks, nada, noppes.

Anagrams

• Daan, naad

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Galician

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

Verb

nada

1. third-person singular present indicative of nadar
2. second-person singular imperative of nadar

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Indonesian

Noun

nada

1. tone

   nada tinggi

   high tone

   nada rendah

   low tone

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Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnada/

Etymology

From Latin [res] nāta, feminine of nātus.

Pronoun

nada

1. (indefinite) nothing (not any thing; no thing)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 365 (facsimile):

     ſempre a noit e o dia en ſeu coraçon dultaua que alma nada non era. ſenon uento que paſſaua

     always at night and day, he had a doubt in his heart that the soul was nothing more than wind which passed

Descendants

• Fala: nada
• Galician: nada
• Portuguese: nada

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnaðɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnada/, /ˈnadɐ/
• X-SAMPA: /"nada/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese nada, from Latin [res] nāta, feminine of nātus.

Pronoun

nada

1. (indefinite) nothing (not any thing; no thing)

   Não consigo ver nada.

   I can’t see anything.

Usage notes

Because Portuguese uses double negative, most of the time the English equivalent of nada will be “anything”.

Derived terms

dar em nada de nada nada de nada de nada

nada disso nada feito por nada quando nada

Adverb

nada (not comparable)

1. to no extent; in no way; not at all

   Não estou nada feliz com suas ações.

   I am not happy at all with your actions.

Antonyms

• (to no extent): totalmente, completamente

Noun

nada m (usually uncountable)

1. nothingness (the state of not existing)
2. the void (the vacuum of space)

Synonyms

• (state of not existing): inexistência
• (vacuum of space): vácuo

Etymology 2

Inflected form of nadar (“to swim”).

Verb

nada

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of nadar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of nadar

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nada, *nadědja.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nǎːda/
• Hyphenation: na‧da

Noun

náda f (Cyrillic spelling на́да)

1. hope

Declension

    declension of nada

	singular	plural
nominative	náda	nade
genitive	nade	nada
dative	nadi	nadama
accusative	nadu	nade
vocative	nȃdo	nade
locative	nadi	nadama
instrumental	nadom	nadama

Related terms

• nádati se

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nulla res nata (feminine of natus, and this from nasci) = "no born thing", in the sense of saying "no new thing"; see also French rien.

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing, zero, zilch

   No hay nada sobre la mesa.

   There is nothing on the table.

2. (when used with a negative verb) anything

   No veo nada.

   I don’t see anything.

Antonyms

• algo
• todo

Related terms

• de nada
• nada más
• nadie
• por nada

Noun

nada f (usually uncountable)

1. nothingness

Verb

nada (infinitive nadar)

1. third-person singular indicative active present of nadar
2. second-person singular imperative of nadar