nada

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”). Doublet of née.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑːdə

Pronoun

nada

1. (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

nothing — see nothing

Anagrams

• A-DNA, ANDA, Anda, Dana, NDAA, aDNA, dana, dāna

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñada

Etymology

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

nada

1. nothing

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈna.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈna.da/

Adjective

nada

1. feminine singular of nat

Verb

nada

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

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”)

Pronoun

nada

1. anything

   (only in the phrase)

   Wala'y nada. / Wa'y nada.

   Without anything.

   (idiomatic) useless

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).

Noun

nada

1. (informal) nothing

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

   Niks, nada, noppes. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Synonyms: niets, niks, helemaal niks, helemaal niets

   Synonyms: nakkes, nop, noppes, noppie, (informal) niente

Anagrams

• Daan, naad

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese nada, from Latin (res) nata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaðɐ]

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

   Synonym: ren

   Antonym: todo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nada

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

References

• “nada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
• “nada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
• “nada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology 1

From Portuguese nadar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nada.

Verb

nada

1. to swim

Etymology 2

From Portuguese nada. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nada.

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

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Indonesian

Noun

nada (first-person possessive nadaku, second-person possessive nadamu, third-person possessive nadanya)

1. tone

   nada tinggi ― high tone

   nada rendah ― low tone

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Japanese

Romanization

nada

1. Rōmaji transcription of なだ

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology 1

From Portuguese nadar.

Verb

nada

1. to swim

Etymology 2

From Portuguese nada.

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

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Maia

Noun

nada

1. child

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• 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

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnada/

Pronoun

nada

1. (indefinite) nothing (not any thing; no thing)
   • 13th century CE, 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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.da/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: na‧da

Verb

nada

1. third-person singular future of nadać

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈna.dɐ/, [ˈna.dɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈna.dɐ/, [ˈna.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: na‧da
• Rhymes: -adɐ

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese nada.

Pronoun

nada

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

   Synonym: (Portugal, colloquial) puto

   Não consigo ver nada. ― I can’t see anything.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.

Derived terms

• dar em nada
• de nada
• nada de
• nada de nada
• nada disso
• nada feito
• por nada
• quando nada

 

Related terms

• nado

Adverb

nada (not comparable)

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

   Não estou nada feliz com as tuas acções. ― I am not happy at all with your actions.

   Antonyms: totalmente, completamente

2. (familiar) emphasises that a statement is false

   Ele pagou pelo jantar nada. ― He paid for dinner my ass.

   Synonyms: uma ova, o caralho

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.

Noun

nada m (uncountable)

1. nothingness (the state of not existing)

   Synonym: inexistência

2. the void (the vacuum of space)

   Synonym: vácuo

3. a very small amount

   Ele pôs um nada de sal na comida. ― He added a very small amount of salt in the food.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: nada

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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 using this term, see Citations:nadar.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

nada

1. feminine singular of nado

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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 using this term, see Citations:nada.

Related terms

• nádati se

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnada/, [ˈna.ð̞a]

Etymology 1

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

nada

1. nothing, zero, zilch, not...anything

   No hay nada en la mesa. ― There is nothing on the table.

   Nada ocurrió ayer. ― Nothing happened yesterday.

   No veo nada. ― I don’t see anything.

   Me niego a creer nada de lo que dice. ― I refuse to believe anything he says.

   Synonym: ninguna cosa

Alternative forms

• ná, naa (eye dialect)

Usage notes

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.

Antonyms

• algo
• todo

Derived terms

• antes de nada
• antes que nada
• así que nada
• centro de la nada
• de la nada
• de nada
• medio de la nada
• nada del otro mundo
• nada más
• nadilla
• no pasa nada
• para nada
• poco o nada
• por menos de nada
• por nada

 

Related terms

• nadie

Noun

nada f (uncountable)

1. nothingness, nothing

   Sin ti, soy una nada. ― Without you, I am no thing at all.

   Ya no me siento una nada. ― I don't feel like I am nothing at all anymore.

2. nowhere, the void

   Salió de la nada. ― It came out of nowhere, out of the void.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nada

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

Further reading

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