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4-letter words (1 found)

NADA,

3-letter words (3 found)

ANA,AND,DAN,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AD,AN,DA,NA,

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nada anda ndaa dnaa adna dana naad anad naad anad aand aand ndaa dnaa nada anda dana adna adan daan aadn aadn daan adan

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Definitions and meaning of nada

nada

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑːdə

Pronoun

nada

  1. (informal, colloquial, chiefly US) Nothing.
    Antonym: something

Translations

Anagrams

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

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • ñada

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈna.ðə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [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)
    (idiomatic) useless

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).

Noun

nada

  1. (informal) nothing

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nada

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

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

  • “nada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “nada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “nada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “nada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “nada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

Etymology

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, first-person possessive nadaku, second-person possessive nadamu, third-person possessive nadanya)

  1. tone
    nada tinggi ― high tone
    nada rendah ― low tone

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “nada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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

Maia

Noun

nada

  1. child

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnada/

Etymology 1

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

nada

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

Further reading

  • Universo Cantigas - "nada2"

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

nada f sg

  1. feminine singular of nado

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • ginada

Noun

nāda f

  1. favour

Declension

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

nada

  1. third-person singular future of nadać

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -adɐ
  • Hyphenation: na‧da

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese nada.

Pronoun

nada

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.

Derived terms
Related terms
  • nado

Adverb

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.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.

Noun

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: nada
  • Kabuverdianu: nada

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
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nadar.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

nada

  1. feminine singular of nado

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nada.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

náda f (Cyrillic spelling на́да)

  1. hope

Declension

Quotations

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

Related terms

  • nádati se

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

nada

  1. nothing, zero, zilch, not...anything
    Synonym: ninguna cosa
Usage notes
  • 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.
Alternative forms
  • ná, na', na, naa (eye dialect)
Antonyms
  • algo
  • todo
Derived terms
Related terms

Noun

nada f (uncountable)

  1. nothingness, nothing
  2. nowhere, the void

Adverb

nada

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

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

Further reading

  • “nada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronoun

nada

  1. (colloquial) nada, zilch

References

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

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