nada
/ˈnaða/
Translation
nothing, anything
Examples
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There is nothing to be done, it is already late.
¿ ? ¿?
Nothing else? Are you sure?
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I would not miss this match for anything in the world.
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He said nothing to me about the trip to Italy.
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You are welcome, it has been a pleasure for me.
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There is nothing on the kitchen table.
Nada is the neuter negative pronoun meaning "nothing" or, in certain contexts, "anything." Spanish uses double negation as standard grammar: "No sé nada" (I don't know anything / I know nothing) requires both "no" before the verb and "nada" after. Saying "Sé nada" without the preceding "no" is ungrammatical in modern Spanish.
Nada can also function as a noun meaning "nothingness" and as an adverb meaning "not at all" ("no me gusta nada" - I don't like it at all). This adverbial use is particularly common in informal speech for intensified negation.
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