nada

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

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• Rhymes: -ɑːdə

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

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

• ñada

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.

nada

1. nothing

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈna.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈna.ða]

nada

1. feminine singular of nat

nada

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

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).

nada

1. anything

   (only in the phrase)

   Wala'y nada. / Wa'y nada.

   Without anything.

   (idiomatic) useless

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).

nada

1. (informal) nothing

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).

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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)

• Daan, naad

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaðɐ]

nada

1. nothing

   Synonym: ren

   Antonym: todo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nada

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

• 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 (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

From Portuguese nadar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nada.

nada

1. to swim

From Portuguese nada. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nada.

nada

1. nothing

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

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

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

• “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.

nada

1. Rōmaji transcription of なだ

From Portuguese nadar.

nada

1. to swim

From Portuguese nada.

nada

1. nothing

nada

1. child

• IPA^(key): /ˈnada/

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.

nada

1. (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

• Fala: nada
• Galician: nada
• Portuguese: nada (see there for further descendants)

• Universo Cantigas - "nada₂"

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nada f sg

1. feminine singular of nado

• ginada

nāda f

1. favour

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

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

nada

1. third-person singular future of nadać

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: na‧da

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

nada

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

   Synonyms: (Portugal, colloquial) puto, (colloquial) nicles

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

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.

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.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.

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.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: nada
• Kabuverdianu: nada

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nada

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

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:nadar.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nada

1. feminine singular of nado

• “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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nada.

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

náda f (Cyrillic spelling на́да)

1. hope

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.

• nádati se

• IPA^(key): /ˈnada/ [ˈna.ð̞a]

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: na‧da

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.

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.

• 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.

• ná, na', na, naa (eye dialect)

• algo
• todo

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.

nada

1. not at all

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nada

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

• “nada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

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

nada

1. (colloquial) nada, zilch

   Jag fattade nada

   I didn't understand a thing

• nada in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nada in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)