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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??d?

Pronoun

nada

1. (informal, colloquial, chiefly US) Nothing.

   Antonym: something

Translations

Anagrams

• A-DNA, ANDA, Anda, Dana, NDAA, aDNA, dana, d?na

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñada

Etymology

Inherited from Latin (n?lla r?s) n?ta (literally “no born thing, not a thing born”), an extension of n?m? n?tus (“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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?na.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?na.da/

Adjective

nada

1. feminine singular of nat

Verb

nada

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

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

   Synonyms: niets, niks, helemaal niks, helemaal niets

   Synonyms: nakkes, nop, noppes, noppie, (informal) niente

Anagrams

• Daan, naad

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese nada.

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

   Synonym: ren

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

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. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nada.

Verb

nada

1. to swim

Etymology 2

From Portuguese nada. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nada.

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing

Indonesian

Noun

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

1. tone

Japanese

Romanization

nada

1. R?maji transcription of ??

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

• ginada

Noun

n?da f

1. favour

Declension

References

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

Old Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin (n?lla r?s) n?ta (literally “no born thing, not a thing born”), an extension of n?m? n?tus (“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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nada/

Pronoun

nada

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

   • ?empre a noit e o dia en ?eu coraçon dultaua que alma nada non era. ?enon uento que pa??aua

     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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na.da/

Verb

nada

1. third-person singular future of nada?

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?na.ð?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?na.d?/
• Rhymes: -ada

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese nada.

Pronoun

nada

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

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

2. (familiar) emphasises that a statement is false

   Synonyms: uma ova, o caralho

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nada.

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: nada

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

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 using this term, see Citations:nadar.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

nada

1. feminine singular of nado

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??da/
• Hyphenation: na?da

Noun

náda f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. hope

Declension

Quotations

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

Related terms

• nádati se

Spanish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin (n?lla r?s) n?ta (literally “no born thing, not a thing born”), an extension of n?m? n?tus (“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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nada/, [?na.ð?a]

Pronoun

nada

1. nothing, zero, zilch

2. (when used with a negative verb) anything

Alternative forms

• ná (eye dialect)

Antonyms

• algo
• todo

Derived terms

Related terms

• nadie

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 (tú) affirmative imperative form of nadar.

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From the regional and colloquial Japanese term ??? (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).

Noun

napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)

1. Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.

Synonyms

• celery cabbage

Anagrams

• APAn, Pana, apan, paan

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *napa, from Proto-Indo-European *h?neb?- (“navel”) either through Germanic or Baltic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?p?/, [?n?p?]
• Rhymes: -?p?
• Syllabification: na?pa

Noun

napa

1. (anatomy) navel
2. pole (extreme of an axis; magnetic or electrical pole)
3. pivot (that on which something turns)
4. head (central part of propeller)
5. (in compounds) polar

Declension

Synonyms

• keskipiste

Derived terms

Anagrams

• apan

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

napa (intransitive)

1. enter, go in, come in
2. set (of the sun and moon)

See also

• -nap-

Ingrian

Noun

napa

1. navel

Miskito

Noun

napa

1. tooth

Uma

Noun

napa

1. (interrogative) what