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nada

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːdə

Pronoun

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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

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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nada

  1. nothing

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nada

  1. feminine singular of nat

Verb

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nada

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

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish nada (nothing).

Pronoun

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nada

  1. anything
    (only in the phrase)
    Wala'y nada. / Wa'y nada.
    Without anything.
    (idiomatic) useless

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish nada (nothing).

Noun

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nada

  1. (informal) nothing

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish nada (nothing).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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nada

  1. nothing
    Synonyms: niets, niks, helemaal niks, helemaal niets, nihil, (informal) nakkes, nop, noppes, noppie, niente
    Niks, nada, noppes.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Anagrams

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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nada

  1. nothing
    Synonym: ren
    Antonym: todo

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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nada

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

References

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology 1

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From Portuguese nadar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nada.

Verb

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nada

  1. to swim

Etymology 2

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From Portuguese nada. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nada.

Pronoun

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nada

  1. nothing

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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Sanskrit नाद (nāda, a loud sound, roaring, bellowing, crying; any sound or tone).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈna.da/
  • Rhymes: -da
  • Hyphenation: na‧da

Noun

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nada (plural nada-nada)

  1. tone
    nada tinggihigh tone
    nada rendahlow tone

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Japanese

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Romanization

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nada

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なだ

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology 1

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From Portuguese nadar.

Verb

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nada

  1. to swim

Etymology 2

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From Portuguese nada.

Pronoun

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nada

  1. nothing

Maia

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Noun

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nada

  1. child

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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nada

  1. (indefinite) nothing (not any thing; no thing)
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Descendants
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  • Fala: nada
  • Galician: nada
  • Portuguese: nada (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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nada f sg

  1. feminine singular of nado

Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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nāda f

  1. favour

Declension

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References

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

Polish

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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nada

  1. third-person singular future of nadać

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -adɐ
  • Hyphenation: na‧da

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese nada, from Latin (nūlla rēs) nāta (literally no born thing, not a thing born).

Pronoun

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nada

  1. (indefinite) nothing (not any thing; no thing)
    Synonyms: (Portugal, colloquial) puto, (colloquial) nicles
    Não consigo ver nada.I can’t see anything.
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Derived terms
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Adverb

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nada (not comparable)

  1. 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.
  2. (familiar) emphasises that a statement is false
    Synonyms: uma ova, o caralho
    Ele pagou pelo jantar nada.He paid for dinner my ass.
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Noun

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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
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Descendants

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  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: nada
  • Kabuverdianu: nada

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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nada

  1. inflection of nadar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
Quotations
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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nada

  1. feminine singular of nado

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nada.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nǎːda/
  • Hyphenation: na‧da

Noun

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náda f (Cyrillic spelling на́да)

  1. hope

Declension

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Quotations

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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nada

  1. nothing, zero, zilch, not...anything
    Synonym: ninguna cosa
    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.
    Nada es eterno.
    Nothing is eternal.
Usage notes
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  • 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.
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Noun

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nada f (uncountable)

  1. 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.
  2. nowhere, the void
    Salió de la nada.
    It came out of nowhere.

Adverb

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nada

  1. not at all
    No es nada fácil.It isn't easy at all.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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nada

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

Further reading

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish nada or Portuguese nada. Attested since 1976.

Pronoun

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nada

  1. (colloquial) nada, zilch
    Jag fattade nada
    I didn't understand a thing

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