Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Náda f

1. A female given name.

English

Pronoun

nada

1. (informal, colloquial) nothing

Translations

Antonyms

• something

Anagrams

• aDNA, ANDA, Dana

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñada

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

Dutch

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

   Niks, nada, noppes.

Anagrams

• Daan, naad

Galician

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

Verb

nada

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

Indonesian

Noun

nada

1. tone

   nada tinggi‎

   high tone

   nada rendah‎

   low tone

Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnada/

Etymology

From Latin [res] nāta, feminine of nātus.

Pronoun

nada

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

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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:nada.

Usage notes

Because Portuguese uses double negative, most of the time the English equivalent of nada will be “anything”.

Derived terms

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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:nada.

Synonyms

• (emphasising that a statement is false): uma ova, o caralho

Antonyms

• (to no extent): totalmente, completamente

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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:nada.

Synonyms

• (state of not existing): inexistência
• (vacuum of space): vácuo

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: nada

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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:nadar.

Etymology 3

Adjective

nada f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective nado.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nada, *nadědja.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

náda f ‎(Cyrillic spelling на́да)

1. hope

Declension

Related terms

• nádati se

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:nada.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [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.

Antonyms

• algo
• todo

Related terms

• de nada
• nada más
• nadie
• por nada

Noun

nada f ‎(uncountable)

1. nothingness

Etymology 2

See nadar

Verb

nada

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