nada

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nada"

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

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñada
• na
• ná

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

   Synonym: un res

Derived terms

• un nada
• quedar en nada
• en nada
• namás
• na non

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

nada

1. feminine singular of nat

Verb

nada

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

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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).

Noun

nada

1. (informal) nothing

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naː.daː/

• Audio:

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Pronoun

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

• Daan, naad

Galician

Etymology 1

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

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “nada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nada”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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

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

Indonesian

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nada

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nada (plural nada-nada)

1. tone

   nada tinggi ― high tone

   nada rendah ― low tone

   nada turun ― falling tone

   nada naik ― rising tone

Derived terms

• bernada
• nada-nadanya
• senada

• nada dasar
• nada minor
• tinggi nada
• titinada
• warna nada

Further reading

• “nada”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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