nada

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nada (nothing).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːdə

Pronoun

nada

  1. (informal, colloquial) nothing

Antonyms

Translations

Anagrams


Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin [res] nāta, feminine of nātus.

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

  • (file)

Pronoun

nada

  1. nothing
    Niks, nada, noppes.

Anagrams


Galician

Etymology

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

Pronoun

nada

  1. nothing

Synonyms

Verb

nada

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology 1

From Portuguese nadar. Cognates with Kabuverdianu nada.

Verb

nada

  1. to swim

Etymology 2

From Portuguese nada. Cognates with Kabuverdianu nada.

Pronoun

nada

  1. nothing

Indonesian

Noun

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

  1. tone
    nada tinggi
    high tone
    nada rendah
    low tone

Japanese

Romanization

nada

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なだ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology 1

From Portuguese nadar.

Verb

nada

  1. to swim

Etymology 2

From Portuguese nada.

Pronoun

nada

  1. nothing

Maia

Noun

nada

  1. child

Old High German

Alternative forms

  1. Alternative form of ginada

Noun

nāda f

  1. favour

Declension

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)

Descendants


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.

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
Antonyms

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

Descendants

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.

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

Quotations

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

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
  • (eye dialect)
Antonyms

Noun

nada f (uncountable)

  1. nothingness

Etymology 2

See the etymology of 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 () affirmative imperative form of nadar.

Further reading

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