nada
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”). Doublet of née.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]nada
- (informal, colloquial, chiefly US) Nothing.
- Antonym: something
- 2019, “Balenciaga”, performed by Princess Nokia:
- Sketchers lookin' like Balenciaga / Thrift clothes lookin' like the Prada / Whole fit lit, it cost me nada
Translations
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin (nūlla rēs) nāta (literally “no born thing, not a thing born”), an extension of nēmō nātus (“not a soul”, literally “nobody born”). For descendants of the other part of the expression see Galician ren (“nothing”), French rien (“nothing”), Catalan res (“nothing; anything”). For the grammaticalization of an original nominal as a negative see Jespersen's Cycle and French pas.
Adverb
[edit]nada
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]nada
Verb
[edit]nada
- inflection of nadar:
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).
Pronoun
[edit]nada
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).
Noun
[edit]nada
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Pronoun
[edit]nada
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese nada, from Latin (res) nata.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]nada
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]nada
- inflection of nadar:
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Guinea-Bissau Creole
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Portuguese nadar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nada.
Verb
[edit]nada
- to swim
Etymology 2
[edit]From Portuguese nada. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nada.
Pronoun
[edit]nada
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sanskrit नाद (nāda, “a loud sound, roaring, bellowing, crying; any sound or tone”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nada (plural nada-nada, first-person possessive nadaku, second-person possessive nadamu, third-person possessive nadanya)
- tone
- nada tinggi ― high tone
- nada rendah ― low tone
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “nada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]nada
Kabuverdianu
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Portuguese nadar.
Verb
[edit]nada
- to swim
Etymology 2
[edit]From Portuguese nada.
Pronoun
[edit]nada
Maia
[edit]Noun
[edit]nada
Old Galician-Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Latin (nūlla rēs) nāta (literally “no born thing, not a thing born”), an extension of nēmō nātus (“not a soul”, literally “nobody born”). For descendants of the other part of the expression see Galician ren (“nothing”), French rien (“nothing”), Catalan res (“nothing; anything”). For the grammaticalization of an original nominal as a negative see Jespersen's Cycle and French pas. Doublet of nado.
Pronoun
[edit]nada
- (indefinite) nothing (not any thing; no thing)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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
- ſempre a noit e o dia en ſeu coraçon dultaua que alma nada non era. ſenon uento que paſſaua
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
[edit]nada f sg
Old High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]nāda f
- favour
Declension
[edit]case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | nāda | nādā |
accusative | nāda | nādā |
genitive | nāda | nādōno |
dative | nādu | nādōm |
References
[edit]- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nada
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -adɐ
- Hyphenation: na‧da
Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese nada, from Latin (nūlla rēs) nāta (literally “no born thing, not a thing born”).
Pronoun
[edit]nada
- (indefinite) nothing (not any thing; no thing)
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]nada (not comparable)
- to no extent; in no way; not at all
- Antonyms: totalmente, completamente
- Não estou nada feliz com as tuas acções. ― I am not happy at all with your actions.
- (familiar) emphasises that a statement is false
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.
Noun
[edit]nada m (uncountable)
- nothingness (the state of not existing)
- Synonym: inexistência
- the void (the vacuum of space)
- Synonym: vácuo
- a very small amount
- Ele pôs um nada de sal na comida. ― He added a very small amount of salt in the food.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]nada
- inflection of nadar:
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:nadar.
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]nada
Further reading
[edit]- “nada”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “nada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nada.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]náda f (Cyrillic spelling на́да)
Declension
[edit]Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish nada, inherited from Latin (nūlla rēs) nāta (literally “no born thing, not a thing born”), an extension of nēmō nātus (“not a soul”, literally “nobody born”). For descendants of the other part of the expression see Galician ren (“nothing”), French rien (“nothing”), Catalan res (“nothing; anything”). For the grammaticalization of an original nominal as a negative see Jespersen's Cycle and French personne, pas; see also nadie, from the same root.
Pronoun
[edit]nada
Usage notes
[edit]- The pronoun requires the verb to be negated if used after the verb; conversely, the verb can't be negated if nada precedes it: nada veo ~ no veo nada (“I don't see anything”), but *nada no veo ~ veo nada are ungrammatical in standard Spanish.
Alternative forms
[edit]- ná, na', na, naa (eye dialect)
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- a nada de
- ahí es nada
- antes de nada
- antes que nada
- así que nada
- casi nada
- centro de la nada
- como si nada
- de la nada
- de nada
- doble o nada
- en nada
- medio de la nada
- nada de eso
- nada del otro mundo
- nada entre dos platos
- nada más
- nada menos
- nadilla
- no digo nada
- no es nada
- no pasa nada
- no ser nada
- para nada
- poco o nada
- por menos de nada
- por nada
- por nada del mundo
- quedar en nada
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]nada f (uncountable)
- nothingness, nothing
- Sin ti, soy una nada.
- Without you, I am nothing at all.
- Ya no me siento una nada.
- I don't feel like I am nothing at all anymore.
- nowhere, the void
- Salió de la nada.
- It came out of nowhere.
Adverb
[edit]nada
- not at all
- No es nada fácil. ― It isn't easy at all.
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]nada
- inflection of nadar:
Further reading
[edit]- “nada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish nada or Portuguese nada. Attested since 1976.
Pronoun
[edit]nada
- (colloquial) nada, zilch
- Jag fattade nada
- I didn't understand a thing
References
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- Rhymes:English/ɑːdə
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/da
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- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ada
- Rhymes:Polish/ada/2 syllables
- Polish non-lemma forms
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- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/adɐ
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- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ada
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