nada

See also: Nada, nadá, nadà, nadâ, ñada, nadă, Naďa, and náða

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːdə

Pronoun

nada

1. (informal, colloquial) nothing

Antonyms

• something

Translations

nothing — see nothing

Anagrams

• ANDA, Dana, NDAA, aDNA, dana, dāna

---

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñada

Adverb

nada

1. nothing

---

Catalan

Verb

nada

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

---

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish nada (“nothing”)

Pronoun

nada

1. anything

   (only in the phrase)

   Wala'y nada. / Wa'y nada.

   Without anything.

   (idiomatic) useless

---

Danish

Noun

nada

1. (informal) nothing

---

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

   Niks, nada, noppes.

Anagrams

• Daan, naad

---

Galician

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

Verb

nada

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

---

Indonesian

Noun

nada

1. tone

   nada tinggi

   high tone

   nada rendah

   low tone

---

Japanese

Romanization

nada

1. Rōmaji transcription of なだ

---

Maia

Noun

nada

1. child

---

Old High German

Alternative forms

1. Alternative form of ginada

Noun

nāda f

1. favour

Declension

Declension of nāda (ō-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	nāda	nādā
accusative	nāda	nādā
genitive	nāda	nādōno
dative	nādu	nādōm

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

---

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin [res] nāta, feminine of nātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnada/

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
  • Kabuverdianu: nada

---

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnaðɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnadɐ/
• Rhymes: -ada

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.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:nada.

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.

2. (familiar) emphasises that a statement is false

   Ele pagou pela janta nada.

   He paid for dinner my ass.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:nada.

Synonyms

• (emphasising that a statement is false): uma ova, o caralho

Antonyms

• (to no extent): totalmente, completamente

Noun

nada m (uncountable)

1. nothingness (the state of not existing)
2. the void (the vacuum of space)
3. a very small amount

   Ele colocou um nada de sal na comida.

   He added a very small amount of salt in the food.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:nada.

Synonyms

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

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: nada

Etymology 2

Inflected form of nadar (“to swim”).

Verb

nada

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of nadar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of nadar

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:nadar.

Etymology 3

Adjective

nada

1. Feminine singular of adjective nado.

---

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

Quotations

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:nada.

Related terms

• nádati se

---

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnada/, [ˈnaða]

Etymology 1

From Latin nulla res nata (“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.

Alternative forms

• ná (eye dialect)

Antonyms

• algo
• todo

Related terms

• de nada
• nada más
• nadie
• por nada

Noun

nada f (uncountable)

1. nothingness

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

nada

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of nadar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of nadar.

Further reading

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