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nothing of the kind (sort)

  • 1 ничего подобного

    nothing of the kind/sort

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > ничего подобного

  • 2 нищо

    nothing, (not) anything; nil; nought; sl. nix
    не знам нищо I know nothing, I don't know anything
    не правя нищо be/stand idle
    никой нищо не каза nobody said a word
    нищо не излезе nothing came of it
    нищо не се знае you never can tell
    нищо ти няма there's nothing wrong/nothing the matter with you, you're all right
    нищо не можеше да се направи there was nothing to be done, there was nothing doing
    нищо (от това) never mind, it doesn't matter, it makes no difference
    за нищо на света not for anything in the world, not for the world, not on any terms, (not) for love or money, under no circumstances
    за нищо на света няма да сложа тази шапка I wouldn't be seen dead (in a pig market) in that hat
    започвам от нищо start from scratch; rise from nothing
    за нищо не го бива he is good for nothing
    дрехите ти заприличаха на нищо your clothes look like nothing on earth
    все едно, че/почти нищо next to nothing
    той застана до вратата, все едно че нищо не е било he stood at the door quite unruffled
    те си приказваха, сякаш нищо не е било they were talking to each other as if nothing had happened between them
    правя от нищо нещо make a little go a long way, ( преувеличавам) make a mountain out of a molehill
    нищо работа a trifling matter
    нищо човек an insignificant fellow, a mere nobody
    нищо и никакъв paltry, worthless, sl. measly
    за нищо all for nothing
    за нищо и никакво for a trifle, for no reason at all
    споря за нищо и никакво split hairs, pettifog
    хабя си усилията за нищо waste o.'s efforts; spend o.'s efforts to no purpose
    от нищо нещо не става you can't stop a gap with rushes, you can't make a purse out of a sow's ear
    нищо подобно nothing of the kind/sort; no such thing; nothing like that; far from it
    като нищо easily; like anything; as easy as anything; without turning a hair; as soon as look at
    това още нищо не значи that doesn't mean anything
    нямам нищо общо с have nothing to do with; have nothing in common with
    това няма нищо общо с истината nothing is further from the truth
    нищо пред (в сравнение с) nothing to, sl. not a marker on/to
    нищо особено nothing special/extraordinary, nothing out of the way, nothing to speak of, разг. nothing very much, no great shakes
    nothing to write home about
    нищо ценно nothing of value
    не можеш нищо да направиш you can't do anything; you can't help it; it can't be helped
    разг. it's, no go
    нищо друго освен nothing but
    което не е нищо друго освен which is but
    той няма ни къща, ни дом, ни нищо he has no house, no home, no nothing
    нищо чудно (че) no wonder, small wonder (that)
    няма нищо, нищо не се е случило there's nothing the matter; it's all right
    ядосвам се за нищо и никакво the merest trifle puts me out
    почти нищо нямаше за ядене there was hardly a thing to eat
    нищо за отбелязване nothing worth mentioning
    той с нищо не се отличава от he differs in no way from
    нищо ново no news
    няма нищо ново под слънцето there is nothing new under the sun
    аз нищо не знача за тебе I'm nothing to you
    нищо не можеш да му направиш you can't touch him, you can't do anything to him
    нищо няма да ти стане, ако измиеш пода it won't kill you to scrub the floor
    това е нищо за него, той ще се справи с това като нищо it's child's play to him
    направих го на нищо и никакво I wiped/mopped the floor with him
    той е едно голямо нищо, той е едно нищо и половина he is a cipher/nonentity/nobody
    новият му роман е нищо и половина his new novel is a flop
    от него не може да се очаква нищо хубаво you can't rely/count on him, he's not to be trusted, he's
    * * *
    нѝщо,
    ср., само ед. nothing, (not) anything; nil; nought; sl. nix; все едно, че/почти \нищо next to nothing; дрехите ти заприличаха на \нищо your clothes look like nothing on earth; за \нищо all for nothing; за \нищо и никакво for a trifle, for no reason at all; за \нищо на света (not) for love or money, under no circumstances, not for all the tea in China; sl. not for toffee; за \нищо на света няма да сложа тази рокля I wouldn’t be seen dead (in a pig market) in that dress; за \нищо не го бива he is good for nothing, he’s a bad egg; завиждат ти? ­ \нищо they envy you? let them! so what? започвам от \нищо start from scratch; rise from nothing; като \нищо easily; like anything; as easy as anything; without turning a hair; as soon as look at; което не е \нищо друго освен which is but; направих го на \нищо и никакво I wiped/mopped the floor with him; направих си сакото на \нищо I’ve ruined my jacket; не можеш \нищо да направиш you can’t help it; it can’t be helped; разг. it’s no go; не правя \нищо be/stand idle; не ставам за \нищо serve no purpose; \нищо друго освен nothing but; \нищо за отбелязване nothing worth mentioning; \нищо и никакъв paltry, worthless, sl. measly; \нищо не излезе nothing came of it; \нищо не можеше да се направи there was nothing to be done; \нищо не се знае you never can tell; \нищо ново no news, nothing to write home about; \нищо няма да ти стане, ако почистиш стаята it won’t kill you to clean the room; \нищо особено nothing special/extraordinary, nothing out of the way, nothing to speak of, разг. nothing very much, no great shakes; nothing to write home about; \нищо подобно nothing of the kind/sort; nothing like that; far from it; \нищо пред (в сравнение с) nothing to, sl. not a marker on/to; \нищо работа a trifling matter; \нищо ти няма there’s nothing wrong with you, you’re all right; \нищо ценно nothing of value; \нищо, че no matter if, разг. so what if; \нищо човек an insignificant fellow, a mere nobody; \нищо чудно (че) no wonder, small wonder (that); новата му книга е \нищо и половина his new book is a flop; няма \нищо (лошо) no harm done; нямам \нищо общо с have nothing to do with; have nothing in common with; от него не може да се очаква \нищо хубаво you can’t rely/count on him, he’s not to be trusted, he’s capable of dirty work; no good will come of him; от \нищо нещо не става you can’t stop a gap with rushes, you can’t make a purse out of a sow’s ear; почти \нищо не е останало there’s precious little left; почти \нищо нямаше за ядене there was hardly a thing to eat; правя от \нищо нещо make a little go a long way, ( преувеличавам) make a mountain out of a molehill; споря за \нищо и никакво split hairs, pettifog; това е \нищо за него, той ще се справи с това като \нищо it’s child’s play to him; той е едно голямо \нищо, той е едно \нищо и половина he is a cipher/nonentity/nobody; той застана до вратата, все едно че \нищо не е било he stood at the door quite unruffled; той с \нищо не се отличава от he differs in no way from; ядосвам се за \нищо и никакво the merest trifle puts me out.
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    nil; none; nothing: I saw нищо that night. - Не видях нищо онази нощ.; zero
    * * *
    1. nothing to write homе about 2. nothing, (not) anything;nil;nought;sl. nix 3. НИЩО (от това) never mind, it doesn't matter, it makes no difference 4. НИЩО друго освен nothing but 5. НИЩО за отбелязване nothing worth mentioning 6. НИЩО и никакъв paltry, worthless, sl. measly 7. НИЩО не излезе nothing came of it 8. НИЩО не можеш да му направиш you can't touch him, you can't do anything to him 9. НИЩО не можеше да се направи there was nothing to be done, there was nothing doing 10. НИЩО не се знае you never can tell 11. НИЩО ново no news 12. НИЩО няма да ти стане, ако измиеш пода it won't kill you to scrub the floor 13. НИЩО особено nothing special/extraordinary, nothing out of the way, nothing to speak of, разг. nothing very much, no great shakes 14. НИЩО подобно nothing of the kind/sort;no such thing;nothing like that;far from it 15. НИЩО пред (в сравнение с) nothing to, sl. not a marker on/to 16. НИЩО работа a trifling matter 17. НИЩО ти няма there's nothing wrong/nothing the matter with you, you're all right 18. НИЩО ценно nothing of value 19. НИЩО човек an insignificant fellow, a mere nobody 20. НИЩО чудно (че) no wonder, small wonder (that) 21. аз НИЩО не знача за тебе I'm nothing to you 22. все едно, че/почти НИЩО next to nothing 23. дрехите ти заприличаха на НИЩО your clothes look like nothing on earth 24. за НИЩО all for nothing 25. за НИЩО и никакво for a trifle, for no reason at all 26. за НИЩО на света not for anything in the world, not for the world, not on any terms, (not) for love or money, under no circumstances 27. за НИЩО на света няма да сложа тази шапка I wouldn't be seen dead (in a pig market) in that hat 28. за НИЩО не го бива he is good for nothing 29. започвам от НИЩО start from scratch;rise from nothing 30. като НИЩО easily;like anything;as easy as anything;without turning a hair;as soon as look at 31. което не е НИЩО друго освен which is but 32. направих го на НИЩО и никакво I wiped/mopped the floor with him 33. направих си палтото на НИЩО I've ruined my coat 34. не знам НИЩО I know nothing, I don't know anything 35. не можеш НИЩО да направиш you can't do anything;you can't help it;it can't be helped 36. не правя НИЩО be/stand idle 37. не ставам за НИЩО serve no purpose 38. никой НИЩО не каза nobody said a word 39. новият му роман е НИЩО и половина his new novel is а flор 40. няма НИЩО (лошо) no harm done 41. няма НИЩО ново под слънцето there is nothing new under the sun 42. няма НИЩО, НИЩО не се е случило there's nothing the matter;it's all right 43. нямам НИЩО общо с have nothing to do with;have nothing in common with 44. от НИЩО нещо не става you can't stop a gap with rushes, you can't make a purse out of a sow's ear 45. от него не може да се очаква НИЩО хубаво уou can't rely/count on him, he's not to be trusted, he's 46. почти НИЩО нямаше за ядене there was hardly a thing to eat 47. правя от НИЩО нещо make a little go a long way, (преувеличавам) make a mountain out of a molehill 48. разг. it's, no go 49. споря за НИЩО и никакво split hairs, pettifog 50. те си приказваха, сякаш НИЩО не е било they were talking to each other as if nothing had happened between them 51. това е НИЩО за него, той ще се справи с това като НИЩО it's child's play to him 52. това няма НИЩО общо с истината nothing is further from the truth 53. това още НИЩО не значи that doesn't mean anything 54. той е едно голямо НИЩО, той е едно НИЩО и половина he is a cipher/nonentity/nobody 55. той застана до вратата, все едно че НИЩО не е било he stood at the door quite unruffled 56. той няма ни къща, ни дом, ни НИЩО he has no house, no home, no nothing 57. той с НИЩО не се отличава от he differs in no way from 58. хабя си усилията за НИЩО waste o.'s efforts;spend o.'s efforts to no purpose 59. ядосвам се за НИЩО и никакво the merest trifle puts me out

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  • 3 подобен

    similar, like (на to); such, such a
    разг. suchlike
    подобни триъгълници геом. similar triangles
    и тем подобни and suchlike, and their like, and the like
    или нещо подобно s.th. of the (same) kind/sort
    не съм виждал подобно нещо I've never seen the like(s) of it
    нищо подобно certainly not, ( неучтиво) nothing of the kind/sort
    той и подобните му неодобр. he and his ilk/like, разг. he and the likes of him
    по тези и подобни въпроси on this and suchlike/similar subjects/topics
    * * *
    подо̀бен,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни similar (на to); resemblant; such; разг. suchlike; по тези и \подобенни въпроси on this and suchlike/similar subjects/topics; \подобенни триъгълници геом. similar triangles; той и \подобенните му неодобр. разг. he and the likes of him; • и тем \подобенни and suchlike, and their like, and the like; или нещо \подобенно s.th. of the (same) kind/sort; нищо \подобенно certainly not, ( неучтиво) nothing of the kind/sort.
    * * *
    1. similar, like (на to);such, such a 2. и тем подобни and suchlike, and their like, and the like 3. или нещо подобно s.th. of the (same) kind/sort 4. не съм виждал подобно нещо I've never seen the like(s) of it 5. нищо подобно certainly not, (неучтиво) nothing of the kind/sort 6. пo тези и подобни въпроси on this and suchlike/similar subjects/topics 7. подобни триъгълници геом. similar triangles 8. разг. suchlike 9. той и подобните му неодобр. he and his ilk/like, разг. he and the likes of him 10. чували ли сте подобно нещо? have you ever heard the like?

    Български-английски речник > подобен

  • 4 П-250

    НИЧЕГО ПОДОБНОГО! coll Interj Invar, fixed WO
    (used by the speaker to express his firm denial of or disagreement with sth.) that is positively not so
    nothing of the kind (sort)!
    no such thing! absolutely not! not on your life! far from it.
    Михаил... думал: шутит Иван Дмитриевич. Петра Житова хочет разыграть. Ничего подобного! (Абрамов 1). Mikhail thought that Ivan Dmitrievich was joking, that he wanted to tease Pyotr Zhitov. Nothing of the kind! (1a)
    Маргарита побледнела и отшатнулась. «...Вы хотите меня арестовать?» - «Ничего подобного», - воскликнул рыжий... (Булгаков 9). Margarita paled and edged away. "..Have you come to arrest me?" "Nothing of the sort!" exclaimed the man with red hair (9b).
    Хотя бы (Аркадий сказал) одно слово в том смысле, что служба в армии - дело серьезное, но что он постарается держаться. Ничего подобного!.. Отец, мать, бабушка и четыре девочки только и слышали о том, какие мелодии он разучит на саксофоне в ближайшем будущем (Залыгин 1). Не (Arkady) might have said something to the effect that army service was no joking matter, but that he would do his best, but he didn't say a word about it. Far from it. All his father, mother, grandmother, and the four girls heard from him was what tunes he'd soon be learning for the saxophone (1a)

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  • 5 ничего подобного!

    [Interj; Invar; fixed WO]
    =====
    (used by the speaker to express his firm denial of or disagreement with sth.) that is positively not so:
    - nothing of the kind (sort)!;
    - no such thing!;
    - absolutely not!;
    - not on your life!;
    - far from it.
         ♦ Михаил... думал: шутит Иван Дмитриевич. Петра Житова хочет разыграть. Ничего подобного! (Абрамов 1). Mikhail thought that Ivan Dmitrievich was joking, that he wanted to tease Pyotr Zhitov. Nothing of the kind! (1a)
         ♦ Маргарита побледнела и отшатнулась. "...Вы хотите меня арестовать?" - "Ничего подобного", - воскликнул рыжий... (Булгаков 9). Margarita paled and edged away. "...Have you come to arrest me?" "Nothing of the sort!" exclaimed the man with red hair (9b).
         ♦ Хотя бы [Аркадий сказал] одно слово в том смысле, что служба в армии - дело серьезное, но что он постарается держаться. Ничего подобного!.. Отец, мать, бабушка и четыре девочки только и слышали о том, какие мелодии он разучит на саксофоне в ближайшем будущем (Залыгин 1). Не [Arkady] might have said something to the effect that army service was no joking matter, but that he would do his best, but he didn't say a word about it. Far from it. All his father, mother, grandmother, and the four girls heard from him was what tunes he'd soon be learning for the saxophone (1a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ничего подобного!

  • 6 aard

    [met betrekking tot personen] nature disposition, character
    [met betrekking tot abstracte zaken] nature sort, kind
    voorbeelden:
    1   zijn ware aard tonen show one's true character
         een aardje naar zijn vaartje a chip off the old block
         verschillend van aard ook dissimilar
    2   van allerlei aard of all kinds/sorts
         niets van dien aard nothing of the kind/sort
         iets van dien aard something of the sort
         het is niet van dien aard dat it is not such that
         dat is van voorbijgaande aard that is just a phase
         uit de aard der zaak in the nature of things
    ¶   hij werkt dat het een aard heeft he works with a vengeance

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > aard

  • 7 какой

    мест.
    1) ( что за) what; (до какой степени, с предик. прил.) how

    каку́ю кни́гу вы чита́ете? — what book are you reading?

    како́й цвет вы лю́бите? — what colour do you like?

    не зна́ю, каку́ю кни́гу вам дать — I do not know what book I can / could give you, I don't know what book to give you

    кака́я пого́да! — what weather (it is)!

    кака́я хоро́шенькая де́вушка! — what a good-looking girl!

    кака́я э́та де́вушка хоро́шенькая — how pretty this girl is

    како́й он у́мный! — how clever he is!

    2) ( который) that, which

    тако́й, како́й — such as

    (тако́й) страх, како́го он никогда́ не испы́тывал — such fear as he had never felt

    (таки́х) книг, каки́е вам нужны́, у него́ нет — he has no such books as you need, he hasn't got the (kind of) books you need

    3) в сочетаниях с "ни" и предлогом образует формы мест. "никако́й" no, not any

    он не мог найти́ э́то ни в како́й кни́ге — he could not find it in any book, he could find it in no book

    како́й он знато́к? — what kind of expert is he?, do you call him an expert?

    ••

    како́е там! — nothing of the kind / sort!, not likely!

    како́й ни — whatever

    каку́ю кни́гу он ни возьмёт, каку́ю бы кни́гу он ни взял — whatever book he takes

    каку́ю кни́гу он ни брал — whatever book he took

    за како́е де́ло он ни возьмётся — whatever he undertakes to do

    ни в каку́ю — not for anything, in no circumstances

    како́й ни (на) есть — см. есть II

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  • 8 ничуть не бывало

    разг., тж. ничего не бывало уст.
    not a bit of it; nothing of the kind (sort)!; not likely!

    Тёща насыпала ещё; думает, гость наелся и будет убирать меньше. Ничего не бывало. Ещё лучше стал уплетать! (Н. Гоголь, Майская ночь, или утопленница) — The mother-in-law dished up some more; she reckoned that the guest would have had his fill by now and leave some for the others. Not a bit of it. He packed them away faster than ever!

    Думая о том, как они встретятся, он представил себе мать очень постаревшей, похудевшей, согнувшейся и почему-то с головой, ушедшей в плечи. Ничуть не бывало! (В. Каверин, Наука расставания) — Thinking about their forthcoming meeting, he had pictured his mother as greatly aged, thinned, bent over and, for some reason, with her head sunk into her shoulders. Nothing of the sort!

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ничуть не бывало

  • 9 подібний

    1) like, alike, similar (to); ( схожий) analogous; ( такий) such a, such

    щось подібне — smth. to that effect, of that kind ( sort)

    2) мат. similar, similar to, homothetic
    3)

    Українсько-англійський словник > подібний

  • 10 Б-144

    НИ БОЖЕ МОЙ coll, often humor (sent Invar fixed WO
    certainly not, not under any circumstances (used as an emphatic negation of sth. or a negative reply to a question)
    heavens (good God), no!
    nothing of the kind (sort) nothing doing not on your life! by no means.
    Да ведь, может, (Гриша) не догадывается? Ни боже мой! Догадывается... (Трифонов 1). Was it possible that he (Grisha) hadn't guessed? Good God, no! He knew... (1a).
    (Лидия:) Вы знаете в Казани мадам Чурило-Пленкову?.. Она, говорят, разошлась с мужем. (Васильков:) Ни боже мой! (Островский 4). (L.:) Do you know Madam(e) Churilo-Plenkov in Kazan?...They say she's separated from her husband. (V:) Not on your life! (4a).
    Комары?» - осведомился Лавр Федотович. «...Нету их там. Муравьи разве что...» - «Хорошо, - констатировал Лавр Федотович. - Осы? Пчелы?»... - «Ни боже мой», -сказал комендант (Стругацкие 3). "Are there mosquitoes?" inquired Lavr Fedotovich. "None. Some ants, maybe." "Well..." Lavr Fedotovich hesitated. "Wasps? Bees?"..."By no means" (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Б-144

  • 11 ни боже мой

    НИ БОЖЕ МОЙ coll, often humor
    [sent; Invar; fixed WO]
    =====
    certainly not, not under any circumstances (used as an emphatic negation of sth. or a negative reply to a question):
    - heavens (good God), no!;
    - not on your life!;
    - by no means.
         ♦ Да ведь, может, [Гриша] не догадывается? Ни боже мой! Догадывается... (Трифонов 1). Was it possible that he [Grisha] hadn't guessed? Good God, no! He knew... (1a).
         ♦ [Лидия:] Вы знаете в Казани мадам Чурило-Пленкову?.. Она, говорят, разошлась с мужем. [Васильков:] Ни боже мой! (Островский 4). [L.:] Do you know Madam[e] Churilo-Plenkov in Kazan?...They say she's separated from her husband. [V.:] Not on your life! (4a).
         ♦ "Комары?" - осведомился Лавр Федотович. "...Нету их там. Муравьи разве что..." - "Хорошо, - констатировал Лавр Федотович. - Осы? Пчелы?"... - "Ни боже мой", - сказал комендант (Стругацкие 3). "Are there mosquitoes?" inquired Lavr Fedotovich. "None. Some ants, maybe." "Well..." Lavr Fedotovich hesitated. "Wasps? Bees?"..."By no means" (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни боже мой

  • 12 подобный

    прл
    кому/чему-л like, similar to

    поступа́ть подо́бным о́бразом — to act in this way, to act in such a way; сходным образом to act likewise

    я не потерплю́ подо́бного отноше́ния! — I won't put up with such attitude!

    и тому́ подо́бное (сокр и т. п.) — and so on/forth, and such/the like, et cetera (сокр etc)

    ничего́ подо́бного! разг — nothing of the kind/sort!

    Русско-английский учебный словарь > подобный

  • 13 niets van dien aard

    niets van dien aard
    nothing of the kind/sort

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > niets van dien aard

  • 14 ничего подобного

    Русско-английский синонимический словарь > ничего подобного

  • 15 ничего подобного не произошло с

    Nothing of the kind (or of this sort) has happened to the first observer.

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > ничего подобного не произошло с

  • 16 dergleichen

    Dem. Pron. (abgek. dgl.) such, like that, of that kind; substantivisch: the like, such a thing, something like that; nichts dergleichen no such thing, nothing of the kind; er tat nichts dergleichen he just didn’t react; und dergleichen ( mehr) and the like, and so forth
    * * *
    suchlike
    * * *
    der|glei|chen ['deːɐ'glaiçn] inv
    1. dem pron
    1) (adjektivisch) of that kind, such, like that

    dérgleichen Dinge — things of that kind, things like that, such things

    2) (substantivisch) that sort of thing

    nichts dérgleichen — nothing of that kind, nothing like it

    er tat nichts dérgleichen — he did nothing of the kind

    und dérgleichen (mehr) — and suchlike

    2. rel pron (old)
    of the kind that

    Juwelen, dérgleichen man selten sieht — jewels whose like or the like of which one rarely sees

    * * *
    der·glei·chen
    [de:ɐ̯ˈglaiçn̩]
    pron dem, inv
    1. adjektivisch such, like that pred, of that kind pred
    2. substantivisch that sort of thing
    nichts \dergleichen nothing like it [or of that kind]
    \dergleichen ist mir noch nicht passiert never has that [or anything like that] happened to me before
    ich will nichts \dergleichen hören! I don't want to hear any of it
    und \dergleichen [mehr] and suchlike
    * * *
    indeklinabeles Demonstrativpronomen
    1) attr. such; like that postpos., not pred.
    2) allein stehend that sort of thing; such things pl.; things pl. like that

    und dergleichen [mehr] — and suchlike

    * * *
    dergleichen dem pr (abk dgl.) such, like that, of that kind; substantivisch: the like, such a thing, something like that;
    nichts dergleichen no such thing, nothing of the kind;
    er tat nichts dergleichen he just didn’t react;
    und dergleichen (mehr) and the like, and so forth
    * * *
    indeklinabeles Demonstrativpronomen
    1) attr. such; like that postpos., not pred.
    2) allein stehend that sort of thing; such things pl.; things pl. like that

    und dergleichen [mehr] — and suchlike

    * * *
    adj.
    suchlike adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > dergleichen

  • 17 nada

    adv.
    1 at all.
    la película no me ha gustado nada I didn't like the film at all
    no es nada extraño it's not at all strange
    la obra no es nada aburrida the play isn't the slightest bit boring
    2 a little, a bit (poco).
    no hace nada que salió he left just a minute ago
    3 not at all, not a single thing, nothing, not a bit.
    4 anything.
    intj.
    nothing at all.
    pron.
    1 nothing.
    no pasó nada nothing happened
    no he leído nada de Lorca I haven't read anything by Lorca
    nada me gustaría más que poder ayudarte there's nothing I'd like more than to be able to help you
    no hay nada como un buen libro there's nothing (quite) like a good book
    nada más nothing else, nothing more
    no quiero nada más I don't want anything else
    no dijo nada de nada he didn't say anything at all
    no es nada it's nothing serious
    esto no es nada that's nothing
    te he traído un regalito de nada I've brought you a little something
    cuesta cinco millones, ¡ahí es nada! it costs five million, a real snip!
    casi nada almost nothing
    como si nada as if nothing was the matter, as if nothing had happened
    de nada don't mention it, you're welcome (respuesta a 'gracias')
    dentro de nada any second now
    ¡nada de eso! absolutely not!
    No quiero nada I don't want any.
    2 love (en tenis). (peninsular Spanish)
    f.
    1 nothing, bugger all.
    2 little bit, trace, tiny bit, tiny little bit.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: nadar.
    * * *
    1 nothing
    (no hay) nada como... there's nothing like...
    ¿te has hecho daño? --no, no ha sido nada did you hurt yourself? --no, I'm all right thank you
    1 (not) at all
    1 nothingness
    \
    antes de nada first of all
    como si nada just like that
    de nada (no hay de qué) don't mention it, think nothing of it, (US you're welcome) 2 (insignificante) insignificant
    gracias, --de nada thanks, --don't mention it
    dentro de nada in a moment
    nada de eso not at all, nothing of the kind
    ¿se casa Maribel? --¡nada de eso! is Maribel getting married? --absolutely not!, no way!
    nada más... as soon as..., no sooner...
    nada menos que no less than
    por nada for no reason at all
    por nada del mundo (not) for anything in the world
    ¡y nada de...! and don't...!
    ¡y nada de bañarse en el río! and don't go bathing in the river!
    * * *
    1. noun f. 2. adv. - de nada 3. pron.
    nothing, anything
    * * *
    1. PRON
    1) (=ninguna cosa) [con el verbo inglés en forma afirmativa] nothing; [con el verbo inglés en forma negativa] anything

    no dijo nada en toda la tarde — he said nothing all afternoon, he didn't say anything all afternoon

    no hay nada como un café después de comer — there's nothing like a coffee after your meal, nothing beats a coffee after your meal

    -¿qué has comprado? -nada — "what have you bought?" - "nothing"

    nada de, no sabe nada de español — he knows no Spanish at all, he doesn't know any Spanish at all

    -¿qué te cuentas? -nada de particular — "what's new?" - "nothing much" o "not a lot"

    ¡nada de eso! — not a bit of it!

    ¡nada de marcharse! — forget about leaving!

    nada de nada — absolutely nothing, nothing at all

    ahí
    2) [en locuciones]
    a) [con verbo]

    estuvo en nada que lo perdiesen — they very nearly lost it

    no me falta de nada — I've got everything I need

    hace nada — just a moment ago

    no se parecen en nada — they're not at all alike

    quedar(se) en nada — to come to nothing

    no reparar en nada — to stop at nothing

    no servir para nada — to be utterly useless

    no ha sido nada — it's nothing, it doesn't matter

    b) [con preposición, adverbio]

    antes de nada, antes de nada tengo que telefonear — before I do anything else I must make a phone call

    a cada nada — LAm * constantly

    casi nada, no costó casi nada — it cost next to nothing

    ¡había unas cien mil personas! ¡casi nada! — there were no fewer than a hundred thousand people there!

    como si nada, se lo advertí, pero como si nada — I warned him but it was as if I hadn't spoken

    de nada, -¡gracias! -de nada — "thanks!" - "don't mention it" o "you're welcome"

    ¡tanto revuelo por un premio de nada! — all that fuss over such a silly little prize!

    dentro de nada — very soon

    nada más, -¿desea algo más? -nada más, gracias — "can I get you anything else?" - "no, that's all thank you"

    no dijo nada más — he didn't say anything else, he said nothing else

    nada más que estoy muy cansado And, Méx it's just that I'm very tired

    (nada más y) nada menos que... — (no more and) no less than...

    han ganado nada menos que un coche — they've won a car, no less

    ni nada — or anything

    pues no es feo ni nadairó he's not ugly... much!

    para nada — at all

    -¿te gusta? -para nada — "do you like it?" - "not at all"

    por nada, por nada se echa a llorar — she's always crying over nothing o for no reason at all

    no por nada le llaman "apestoso" — he's not called "smelly" for nothing

    ¡por nada! — Cono Sur not at all!, don't mention it!

    3) [como coletilla]

    pues nada, me voy — well, I'm off then

    -¿qué pasó? -pues nada, que estuve esperando y no llegó — "what happened?" - "well, I was there waiting and he didn't arrive"

    y nada, al final nos fuimos — anyway, in the end we left

    4) (Tenis) love
    2.
    ADV not at all, by no means

    no es nada fácil — it's not at all easy, it's by no means easy

    pues no eres tú nada ambiciosoiró well you're not very ambitious, are you?... much!

    3.
    SF
    * * *
    I
    1)

    antes que or de nada — first of all

    no hay nada como... — there's nothing like...

    no es por nada pero... — don't take this the wrong way but...

    nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

    nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

    2)
    b) ( muy poco)

    con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

    estar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren — we very nearly missed the train

    c) (fam) ( uso expletivo)

    y nada, que al final no lo compró — anyway, in the end she didn't buy it

    pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

    3) (Esp) ( en tenis) love
    II

    no está nada preocupadohe isn't at all o the least bit worried

    III
    1) (Fil)
    2) (Méx, RPl fam) ( pequeña cantidad)
    * * *
    = anything, nothing, nil, zero + Nombre, naught, nothingness, nowt, zilch.
    Ex. As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.
    Ex. Nothing happens until the ENTER key is pressed.
    Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex. In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.
    Ex. Was everything she learned for naught? She felt extinguished.
    Ex. The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.
    Ex. There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's ' nowt' as controversial as that.
    Ex. Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
    ----
    * a cambio de nada = for nothing.
    * a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.
    * antes de nada = before long, before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.
    * antes que nada = first of all, before anything else, first off, above all things.
    * a propósito de nada = for no specific reason, for no particular reason.
    * caer en la nada = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.
    * casi nada = next to nothing.
    * como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.
    * contar para nada = count + for nothing.
    * decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
    * de la nada = from nowhere, out of nowhere.
    * del año de la nada = from the year dot.
    * en apenas nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.
    * en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time.
    * en nada de tiempo = at a moment's notice, in next to no time, in no time at all, in no time.
    * esperar sin nada que hacer = kick + Posesivo + heels.
    * estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.
    * estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.
    * hablar sin decir nada = waffle.
    * hacer como si nada = play it + cool.
    * más que nada = more than anything else.
    * nada bonito = unlovely.
    * nada claro = unclear, uncleared.
    * nada convencido = unimpressed.
    * nada convencional = unorthodox.
    * ¡nada de eso! = no dice!.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * nada de nada = zilch.
    * nada desdeñable = not inconsiderable.
    * nada despreciable = not inconsiderable.
    * nada en absoluto = not at all, nothing whatsoever.
    * nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.
    * nada envidiable = unenviable.
    * nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.
    * nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.
    * nada es mejor que = nothing beats....
    * nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada extraordinario = unremarkable.
    * nada impresionado = unimpressed.
    * nada instintivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada intuitivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada lógico = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada más = anything else, nothing else.
    * nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.
    * nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.
    * nada más y nada menos que de/por + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.
    * nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.
    * nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.
    * nada materialista = unworldly.
    * nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.
    * nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.
    * nada puede estar más apartado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.
    * nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
    * nada se acaba hasta que no se acaba = nothing is done until it's done.
    * nada sorprendente = unsurprising.
    * nada supera a = nothing beats....
    * no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.
    * no conocer a Alguien de nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conocer a Alguien para nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.
    * no deber nada = pay + Posesivo + dues.
    * no decir nada = keep + quiet.
    * no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.
    * no estar nada + Adjetivo = be anything but + Adjetivo.
    * no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.
    * no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.
    * no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.
    * no hacer nada = vegetate, veg out.
    * no hacer nada al respecto = leave + unchecked.
    * no hacer nada de particular = do + nothing in particular.
    * no hay nada como = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada imposible = all bets are off.
    * no hay nada mejor que = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.
    * no importar nada = not give a shit, not give a fuck.
    * no parecerse en nada a = be nothing like.
    * no perderse nada = be no great loss.
    * no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.
    * no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.
    * no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.
    * no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * no ser nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.
    * no servir de nada = be of no avail, be to no avail.
    * no servir de nada que + Subjuntivo = no use + Ving.
    * no servir para nada = be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught.
    * no significar nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no tener nada en contra de Algo = have + nothing against, have + no quarrel about + Nombre.
    * no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.
    * no tener nada que ver con = be irrelevant to.
    * no tener tiempo de nada = have + not a moment to spare.
    * o nada en absoluto = if at all.
    * para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.
    * para que no falte de nada = for good measure.
    * persona que nunca se deshace de anda = hoarder, packrat, magpie.
    * por nada = for nothing.
    * por nada del mundo = for the life of me.
    * por nada o casi nada = at little or no extra cost.
    * por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.
    * por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.
    * por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * primero que nada = first off.
    * que no conduce a nada = circuitous.
    * quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.
    * saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.
    * sentarse sin hacer nada = sit + idle.
    * ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.
    * servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.
    * servir para nada = count + for nothing.
    * sin decir nada = dumbly.
    * sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.
    * sin nada de gracia = unfunny.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.
    * trabajar a cambio de nada = work for + nothing.
    * una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.
    * y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.
    * * *
    I
    1)

    antes que or de nada — first of all

    no hay nada como... — there's nothing like...

    no es por nada pero... — don't take this the wrong way but...

    nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

    nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

    2)
    b) ( muy poco)

    con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

    estar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren — we very nearly missed the train

    c) (fam) ( uso expletivo)

    y nada, que al final no lo compró — anyway, in the end she didn't buy it

    pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

    3) (Esp) ( en tenis) love
    II

    no está nada preocupadohe isn't at all o the least bit worried

    III
    1) (Fil)
    2) (Méx, RPl fam) ( pequeña cantidad)
    * * *
    = anything, nothing, nil, zero + Nombre, naught, nothingness, nowt, zilch.

    Ex: As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.

    Ex: Nothing happens until the ENTER key is pressed.
    Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex: In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.
    Ex: Was everything she learned for naught? She felt extinguished.
    Ex: The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.
    Ex: There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's ' nowt' as controversial as that.
    Ex: Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
    * a cambio de nada = for nothing.
    * a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.
    * antes de nada = before long, before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.
    * antes que nada = first of all, before anything else, first off, above all things.
    * a propósito de nada = for no specific reason, for no particular reason.
    * caer en la nada = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.
    * casi nada = next to nothing.
    * como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.
    * contar para nada = count + for nothing.
    * decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
    * de la nada = from nowhere, out of nowhere.
    * del año de la nada = from the year dot.
    * en apenas nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.
    * en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time.
    * en nada de tiempo = at a moment's notice, in next to no time, in no time at all, in no time.
    * esperar sin nada que hacer = kick + Posesivo + heels.
    * estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.
    * estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.
    * hablar sin decir nada = waffle.
    * hacer como si nada = play it + cool.
    * más que nada = more than anything else.
    * nada bonito = unlovely.
    * nada claro = unclear, uncleared.
    * nada convencido = unimpressed.
    * nada convencional = unorthodox.
    * ¡nada de eso! = no dice!.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * nada de nada = zilch.
    * nada desdeñable = not inconsiderable.
    * nada despreciable = not inconsiderable.
    * nada en absoluto = not at all, nothing whatsoever.
    * nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.
    * nada envidiable = unenviable.
    * nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.
    * nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.
    * nada es mejor que = nothing beats....
    * nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.
    * nada extraordinario = unremarkable.
    * nada impresionado = unimpressed.
    * nada instintivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada intuitivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada lógico = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].
    * nada más = anything else, nothing else.
    * nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.
    * nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.
    * nada más y nada menos que de/por + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.
    * nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.
    * nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.
    * nada materialista = unworldly.
    * nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.
    * nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.
    * nada puede estar más apartado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.
    * nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
    * nada se acaba hasta que no se acaba = nothing is done until it's done.
    * nada sorprendente = unsurprising.
    * nada supera a = nothing beats....
    * no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.
    * no conocer a Alguien de nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conocer a Alguien para nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.
    * no deber nada = pay + Posesivo + dues.
    * no decir nada = keep + quiet.
    * no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.
    * no estar nada + Adjetivo = be anything but + Adjetivo.
    * no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.
    * no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.
    * no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.
    * no hacer nada = vegetate, veg out.
    * no hacer nada al respecto = leave + unchecked.
    * no hacer nada de particular = do + nothing in particular.
    * no hay nada como = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada imposible = all bets are off.
    * no hay nada mejor que = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.
    * no importar nada = not give a shit, not give a fuck.
    * no parecerse en nada a = be nothing like.
    * no perderse nada = be no great loss.
    * no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.
    * no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.
    * no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.
    * no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * no ser nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.
    * no servir de nada = be of no avail, be to no avail.
    * no servir de nada que + Subjuntivo = no use + Ving.
    * no servir para nada = be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught.
    * no significar nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.
    * no tener nada en contra de Algo = have + nothing against, have + no quarrel about + Nombre.
    * no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.
    * no tener nada que ver con = be irrelevant to.
    * no tener tiempo de nada = have + not a moment to spare.
    * o nada en absoluto = if at all.
    * para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.
    * para que no falte de nada = for good measure.
    * persona que nunca se deshace de anda = hoarder, packrat, magpie.
    * por nada = for nothing.
    * por nada del mundo = for the life of me.
    * por nada o casi nada = at little or no extra cost.
    * por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.
    * por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.
    * por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * primero que nada = first off.
    * que no conduce a nada = circuitous.
    * quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.
    * saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.
    * sentarse sin hacer nada = sit + idle.
    * ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.
    * servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.
    * servir para nada = count + for nothing.
    * sin decir nada = dumbly.
    * sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.
    * sin nada de gracia = unfunny.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.
    * trabajar a cambio de nada = work for + nothing.
    * una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.
    * y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.

    * * *
    A
    1 nothing
    es mejor que nada it's better than nothing
    de nada sirve que le compres libros si no los lee there's no point in buying him books if he doesn't read them
    antes que or de nada first of all
    nada te faltará or no te faltará nada you won't want for anything
    no hay nada como un buen baño caliente there's nothing like a nice hot bath
    hace dos días que no come nada he hasn't eaten a thing o anything for two days
    ¡no sirves para nada! you're useless
    no se hizo nada he wasn't hurt
    no sé por qué llora, yo no le hice nada I don't know why he's crying, I didn't touch him
    ¿te has hecho daño? — no, no ha sido nada did you hurt yourself? — no, it's nothing
    ¡perdón! — no fue nada sorry! — that's all right
    no es por nada pero … don't take this the wrong way but …
    se fue sin decir nada she left without a word
    nadie me dio nada nobody gave me anything
    nada DE algo:
    no necesita nada de azúcar it doesn't need any sugar at all
    eso no tiene nada de gracia that's not in the least bit o not at all funny
    ¡nada de juegos or jugar ahora! you're not playing o I don't want any games now!
    2 ( en locs):
    de nada you're welcome, it's a pleasure, don't mention it ( frml)
    nada de nada ( fam); not a thing
    nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else
    ¿algo más? — nada más anything else? — no, that's it o that's all o that's the lot
    no se pudo hacer nada más or más nada por él nothing more could be done for him
    nada más fui yo ( Méx); I was the only one who went
    no nada más yo lo critico ( Méx); I'm not the only one to criticize him
    salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch
    nada más llegar subió a verla as soon as he arrived he went up to see her
    nada más que: la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
    no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told, I didn't tell anyone except him o but him
    nada que … ( Andes fam): ya son las diez y nada que vienen it's already ten o'clock and there's still no sign of them
    ni nada ( fam): no me avisó ni nada ( fam); he didn't tell me or anything, he didn't even tell me
    no es ambicioso ni nada ( iró); he's not at all ambitious or anything like that! ( iro)
    para nada not … at all
    ese tema no se tocó para nada that topic didn't come up at all
    no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all o one little bit
    ahí es nada ( fam iró): hicieron un par de millones, ahí es nada they made a couple of million … peanuts o chickenfeed! ( colloq iro)
    como si nada ( fam): ¡me lo dice como si nada! she tells me as casual as you like, and she tells me as if it was nothing
    se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid
    se lo dije mil veces, pero como si nada I told her over and over again, but it didn't do the slightest bit of good
    no estás/está en nada ( Ven arg); you're/he's so uncool ( colloq), you don't/he doesn't have a clue ( colloq)
    no hay nada que hacerle ( fam); that's all there is to it, there are no two ways about it
    B
    1
    (algo): ¿has visto alguna vez nada igual? have you ever seen the like of it o the likes of it o anything like it?
    antes de que digas nada before you say anything
    2
    (muy poco): con or de nada se rompe it breaks just like that
    fue un golpe de nada it was only a little bump
    en nada de tiempo in no time at all
    compraron la casa por nada they bought the house for next to nothing
    dentro de nada very soon, in no time at all
    estar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren we very nearly missed the train
    no nos vieron, pero estuvo en nada they didn't see us, but it was a close call o shave
    3 ( fam)
    (uso expletivo): y nada, que al final no lo compró anyway, in the end she didn't buy it
    pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa well o anyway, we'll see what happens
    C ( Esp) (en tenis) love
    quince-nada fifteen-love
    no está nada preocupado he isn't at all o the least bit worried
    anoche no dormí nada I didn't sleep a wink o at all last night
    no me gusta nada lo que has hecho I don't like what you've done one bit
    no es nada engreído el chico ( iró); he sure is vain!, he isn't half conceited! ( BrE)
    A ( Fil):
    la nada nothing
    el universo se creó de la nada the universe was created from nothing o from the void
    surgió de la nada it came out of nowhere
    B
    (Méx, RPl fam) (pequeña cantidad): ¿le diste vino al bebé? — sólo una nada did you give the baby wine? — only a tiny drop
    le puse una nada de sal I added a tiny pinch of salt
    ganó por una nada he won by a whisker
    * * *

     

    Del verbo nadar: ( conjugate nadar)

    nada es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
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    nadar
    nada pronombre
    1


    de nada sirve que le compres libros there's no point in buying him books;
    antes que or de nada first of all;
    no quiere nada he doesn't want anything;
    ¡no sirves para nada! you're useless;
    sin decir nada without a word
    b) ( en locs)


    nada de nada (fam) not a thing;
    nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else;
    ¿algo más? — nada más anything else? — no, that's it o that's all;
    nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went;
    salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch;
    sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less;
    para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all;
    por nada: la compraron por nada they bought it for next to nothing;
    discuten por nada they argue over nothing;
    llora por nada she cries at the slightest little thing
    2 (Esp) ( en tenis) love;

    ■ adverbio:
    no está nada preocupado he isn't at all o the least bit worried;

    esto no me gusta nada I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit
    nadar ( conjugate nadar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [persona/pez] to swim;

    ¿sabes nada? can you swim?;

    nada (estilo) mariposa/pecho to do (the) butterfly/breaststroke;
    nada de espalda or (Méx) de dorso to do (the) back stroke
    b) [ramas/hojas] ( flotar) to float

    c)

    nadar en ( tener mucho): nada en dinero to be rolling in money (colloq);

    el pollo nadaba en grasa the chicken was swimming in grease
    verbo transitivo
    to swim
    nada
    I pron
    1 (ninguna cosa) nothing: ¿qué te cuentas?, - nada nuevo, how it's going?, - nothing new
    (con otro negativo) nothing, not... anything: no hay nada más importante, there is nothing more important
    no tocamos nada, we didn't touch anything
    no lo cambiaría por nada del mundo, I wouldn't change it for anything on earth
    2 (en preguntas) anything: ¿no tienes nada que decir?, don't you have anything to say?
    3 (muy poco) con la niebla no veíamos nada, we couldn't see a thing in the fog
    no fue nada, (herida, golpe) I wasn't hurt
    (respuesta a una disculpa) it's all right
    4 (en ciertas construcciones) anything
    más que nada, more than anything: me importa más que nada, it means more than anything else to me
    sin decir nada, without saying anything/a word
    II adverbio not at all: no nos aburrimos nada, we weren't bored at all
    no escribe nada mal, he doesn't write at all badly
    III sustantivo femenino nothingness
    ♦ Locuciones: casi nada, almost nothing
    gracias, - de nada, thanks, - don't mention it
    más que nada: te lo digo más que nada para que no vayas a meter la pata, more than anything else I'm telling you so you don't put your foot in it
    nada más: nada más oírlo, as soon as she heard it
    familiar para nada, not at all
    nadar verbo intransitivo
    1 Dep to swim: no sé nadar, I can't swim
    2 (un objeto) to float
    3 (tener en abundancia) nada en libros, she has a lot of books
    ' nada' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    absolutamente
    - adelantar
    - adorno
    - amilanarse
    - amohinarse
    - balde
    - bastante
    - bregar
    - cabo
    - callar
    - calmarse
    - cero
    - ciega
    - ciego
    - clara
    - claro
    - comecome
    - como
    - comparecencia
    - concreta
    - concreto
    - conducir
    - contra
    - dar
    - débil
    - decir
    - derecha
    - desocupada
    - desocupado
    - doblar
    - doblarse
    - doble
    - ecuánime
    - embalarse
    - envidiar
    - escaramuza
    - escarceo
    - faltar
    - frescura
    - ir
    - gusto
    - hablar
    - incumbir
    - interés
    - interlunio
    - jota
    - jueves
    - maldita
    - maldito
    - más
    English:
    all
    - all right
    - amusing
    - antsy
    - anything
    - associate
    - avail
    - blank
    - board
    - breathe
    - burn
    - clash
    - clear
    - click
    - come into
    - contrary
    - cop
    - damn
    - dark
    - dark horse
    - dead
    - depth
    - dim
    - dishwater
    - disorderly
    - drone
    - dwindle
    - earth
    - earthly
    - easy
    - enforce
    - ever
    - excuse
    - first
    - flair
    - further
    - go on
    - go without
    - going
    - good
    - hand
    - hang about
    - hang around
    - hardly
    - harm
    - have
    - head
    - home
    - hot
    - ill-considered
    * * *
    pron
    1. [ninguna cosa o cantidad] nothing;
    [en negativas] anything;
    no he leído nada de Lorca I haven't read anything by Lorca;
    no pasó nada nothing happened;
    a él nada parece satisfacerle he never seems to be satisfied with anything;
    de nada vale insistir there's no point in insisting;
    nada me gustaría más que poder ayudarte there's nothing I'd like more than to be able to help you;
    no hay nada como un buen libro there's nothing (quite) like a good book;
    tranquilos, no es nada don't worry, it's nothing serious;
    casi nada almost nothing;
    de nada, Am [m5] por nada [respuesta a “gracias”] you're welcome, don't mention it;
    esto no es nada that's nothing;
    no queda nada de café there's no coffee left;
    no tengo nada de ganas de ir I don't feel like going at all;
    no dijo nada de nada he didn't say anything at all;
    no me ha gustado nada de nada I didn't like it at all o one little bit;
    nada de quejas, ¿de acuerdo? no complaining, right?, I don't want any complaints, right?;
    nada más nothing else, nothing more;
    ¿desean algo más? – nada más, gracias do you want anything else? – no, that's everything o all, thank you;
    no quiero nada más I don't want anything else;
    me dio de plazo dos días nada más she only gave me two days to do it;
    me ha costado nada más que 20 dólares it only cost me 20 dollars;
    ¡tanto esfuerzo para nada! all that effort for nothing!
    2. [poco, muy poco]
    yo apenas sé nada de ese tema I hardly know anything about that subject;
    es muy frágil y con nada se parte it's very fragile and is easily broken;
    dentro de nada any second now;
    lo he visto salir hace nada I saw him leave just a moment ago o just this minute;
    no hace nada que salió he left just a moment ago o just this minute;
    por nada se enfada she gets angry at the slightest thing, it doesn't take much for her to get angry;
    CAm, Col, Ven Fam
    a cada nada every five minutes, constantly;
    Méx
    en nada estuvo que se casara he very nearly got married
    3. Esp [en tenis] love;
    treinta nada thirty love
    4. [expresando negación]
    ¡nada de eso! absolutely not!;
    no pienso ir, ni llamar, ni nada I won't go, or call, or anything;
    no tenemos ni coche, ni moto, ni nada que se le parezca we don't have a car or a motorbike, or anything of that sort
    5. Comp
    ¡ahí es nada!, ¡casi nada!: cuesta cinco millones, ¡ahí es nada! o [m5]¡casi nada! it costs a cool five million!;
    como si nada as if nothing was the matter, as if nothing had happened;
    (nada más y) nada menos que [cosa] no less than;
    [persona] none other than; Fam
    ni nada: ¡no es alta ni nada la chica! she's tall all right!, you could say she's tall!;
    no es por nada: no es por nada pero creo que estás equivocado don't take this the wrong way, but I think you're mistaken;
    no es por nada pero llevas la bragueta abierta by the way, your fly's undone
    adv
    1. [en absoluto] at all;
    la película no me ha gustado nada I didn't like the movie at all;
    no he dormido nada I didn't get any sleep at all;
    no es nada extraño it's not at all strange;
    la obra no es nada aburrida the play isn't the slightest bit boring;
    no está nada mal it's not at all bad;
    no nos llevamos nada bien we don't get on at all well;
    Fam
    ¿te importa que me quede? – ¡para nada! do you mind if I stay? – of course not! o not at all!
    2. Fam [enfático]
    nada, que no hay manera de convencerle but no, he just refuses to be convinced
    nf
    1.
    la nada nothingness, the void;
    [el no ser]
    salir o [m5] surgir de la nada to appear out of o from nowhere
    2. Méx, RP Fam [muy poco]
    le pedí plata y me dio una nada I asked him for some money and he gave me next to nothing;
    comí una nada de helado I had a tiny bit of ice cream
    de nada loc adj
    te he traído un regalito de nada I've brought you a little something;
    es sólo un rasguño de nada it's just a little scratch
    nada más loc adv
    1. [al poco de]
    nada más salir de casa… no sooner had I left the house than…, as soon as I left the house…;
    nos iremos nada más cenar we'll go as soon as we've had dinner, we'll go straight after dinner
    2. Méx [solamente]
    nada más vine yo I'm the only one who's come
    3. Méx [sin más]
    de la fiesta regresaron a casa y nada más they went straight home after the party
    * * *
    I pron nothing;
    no hay nada there isn’t anything;
    no es nada it’s nothing;
    nada más nothing else;
    nada menos que no less than;
    nada de nada nothing at all;
    para nada not at all;
    no lo entiendes para nada you don’t understand at all;
    lo dices como si nada you talk about it as if it was nothing;
    más que nada more than anything;
    no lo haría por nada del mundo I wouldn’t do it if you paid me;
    por menos de nada for no reason at all;
    nada más llegar as soon as I arrived;
    antes de nada first of all;
    ¡nada de eso! fam you can put that idea out of your head;
    ¡casi nada! peanuts!;
    ¡de nada! you’re welcome, not at all;
    pues nada, … well, …
    II adv not at all;
    no ha llovido nada it hasn’t rained;
    no estoy nada contento I’m not at all happy
    III f nothingness
    * * *
    nada adv
    : not at all, not in the least
    no estamos nada cansados: we are not at all tired
    nada nf
    1) : nothingness
    2) : smidgen, bit
    una nada le disgusta: the slightest thing upsets him
    nada pron
    1) : nothing
    no estoy haciendo nada: I'm not doing anything
    2)
    casi nada : next to nothing
    3)
    de nada : you're welcome
    4)
    dentro de nada : very soon, in no time
    5)
    nada más : nothing else, nothing more
    * * *
    nada1 adv at all
    nada2 pron
    1. nothing / not... anything
    no hay nada, está vacío there's nothing there, it's empty
    2. (en tenis) love
    de nada (como respuesta) you're welcome / don't mention it (sin importancia) little / slight
    nada de no / any
    no tengo nada de dinero I've got no money / I haven't got any money
    no habla nada de inglés he speaks no English / doesn't speak any English
    nada más... as soon as...
    nada más entrar, vi a Fernando I saw Fernando as soon as I went in

    Spanish-English dictionary > nada

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    1. същ. object, thing; something
    дай ми нещо за ядене give me something to eat
    иди си вземи нещата go and get your things/belongings
    искам да ти кажа нещо I want to tell you something
    знаеш ли нещо за нея? do you know anything about her?
    нещо друго, още нещо something else
    нещо друго? anything else?
    имаш ли да ми кажеш още нещо? have you anything else to tell me? is there anything else you want to tell me?
    сега нещо друго and another thing; there's something else
    нещо ново? what news?
    нещо такова/подобно something like this/that, something of the kind/sort, something in that line
    какво нещо! what a thing! какво нещо е човекът man is a funny creature
    как може такова нещо? how's that possible?
    (как можа да стане такова нещо?) how did that come about?
    той ще постигне нещо, от него ще стане/излезе нещо he'll get somewhere, he'll make something out of himself
    имат го за нещо he's thought highly of
    той се мисли за (много) нещо he thinks a lot of himself, he thinks no end of himself, разг. he thinks no small beer of himself
    той не е нещо особено he's nothing special/much, разг. he's no great shakes
    оставям нещата да следват своя ход/своето развитие let things take their course
    и той е бил нещо някога he has known better days
    чаках два часа и нещо I waited for a little more than two hours
    една миля и нещо a little over than a mile
    нещо естествено a matter of course
    има нещо в това, което казваш there is something/much in what you say, you have something there
    наричам/назовавам нещата със собствените им имена call things by their proper names, call a spade a spade
    в реда на нещата е it's a matter of course, it's the natural order of things
    2. нар. slightly, a bit, somewhat
    малко нещо глух slightly deaf
    малко нещо не ми е добре I'm slightly off colour, I'm one degree under
    той е нещо неразположен he is somewhat indisposed
    нещо като (a) sort of
    той е нещо като поет he is a kind of a poet, he is by way of being a poet, he is something of a poet
    пренебр. he is a poet of sorts
    малко нещо художник a bit of an artist
    нещо повече and what is more
    чаках нещо около половин час I waited for half an hour or so
    да не ти е нещо роднина? is he by (any) chance a relative of yours? does he happen to be your relative?
    нещо си неспокоен you seem to be worried
    * * *
    нѐщо,
    ср., -а̀ object, thing; something; ( във въпросителни изречения) anything; в реда на \нещоата е it’s a matter of course, it’s the natural order of things; две мили и \нещоо a little over than two miles; иди си вземи \нещоата go and get your things/belongings; и той е бил \нещоо някога he has known better days; имат го за \нещоо he’s thought highly of; как може такова \нещоо? how’s that possible? какво \нещоо! what a thing? какво \нещоо е човекът man is a funny creature; наричам/назовавам \нещоата със собствените им имена call things by their proper names, call a spade a spade; \нещоата вървят добре it’s all smooth sailing; \нещоо друго? anything else? \нещоо естествено a matter of course; \нещоо ново? what news? \нещоо такова/подобно something like this/that, something of the kind/sort, something in that line; оставям \нещоата да следват своя ход/своето развитие let things take their course; при сегашното положение на \нещоата as things are; сега \нещоо друго and another thing; there’s something else; това е все пак \нещоо that’s something (anyway); той не е \нещоо особено he’s nothing special/much, разг. he’s no great shakes; той се мисли за (много) \нещоо he thinks a lot of himself, he thinks no end of himself, разг. he thinks no small beer of himself; той ще постигне \нещоо, от него ще стане/излезе \нещоо he’ll get somewhere, he’ll make something out of himself.
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    нареч. slightly, a bit, somewhat; да не ти е \нещо роднина? is he by (any) chance a relative of yours? does he happen to be your relative? малко \нещо не ми е добре I’m slightly off colour, I’m one degree under; \нещо като (a) sort of; \нещо повече and what is more; \нещо си неспокоен you seem to be worried; той е \нещо като музикант he is a kind of a musician, he is by way of being a musician, he is something of a musician; пренебр. he is a musician of sorts.
    * * *
    anything: Give me s.th. to eat. - Дай ми нещо да ям.; stuff; thing
    * * *
    1. (как можа да стане такова НЕЩО?) how did that come about? 2. (с въпросителни глаголи) anything 3. 1 същ. object, thing;something 4. 2 нар. slightly, a bit, somewhat 5. НЕЩО друго, още НЕЩО something else 6. НЕЩО друго? anything else? 7. НЕЩО естествено a matter of course 8. НЕЩО като (a) sort of 9. НЕЩО ново? what news? 10. НЕЩО повече and what is more 11. НЕЩО си неспокоен you seem to be worried 12. НЕЩО такова/подобно something like this/that, something of the kind/sort, something in that line 13. в реда на нещата е it's a matter of course, it's the natural order of things 14. да не ти е НЕЩО роднина? is he by (any) chance a relative of yours?does he happen to be your relative? 15. дай ми НЕЩО за ядене give me something to eat 16. една миля и НЕЩО a little over than a mile 17. знаеш ли НЕЩО за нея? do you know anything about her? 18. и той е бил НЕЩО някога he has known better days 19. иди си вземи нещата go and get your things/belongings 20. има НЕЩО в това, което казваш there is something/much in what you say, you have something there 21. имат го за НЕЩО he's thought highly of 22. имаш ли да ми кажеш още НЕЩО ? have you anything else to tell me?is there anything else you want to tell me? 23. искам да ти кажа НЕЩО I want to tell you something 24. как може такова НЕЩО ? how's that possible? 25. какво НЕЩО! what a thing! какво НЕЩО е човекът man is a funny creature 26. малко НЕЩО глух slightly deaf 27. малко НЕЩО не ми е добре I'm slightly off colour, I'm one degree under 28. малко НЕЩО художник a bit of an artist 29. наричам/назовавам нещата със собствените им имена call things by their proper names, call a spade a spade 30. пренебр. he is a poet of sorts 31. при сегашното положение на нещата as things are 32. сега НЕЩО друго and another thing;there's something else 33. състоянието на нещата the state of affairs 34. това е все пак НЕЩО that's something (anyway) 35. той е НЕЩО като поет he is a kind of a poet, he is by way of being a poet, he is something of a poet 36. той е НЕЩО неразположен he is somewhat indisposed 37. той не е НЕЩО особено he's nothing special/much, разг. he's no great shakes: оставям нещата да следват своя ход/своето развитие let things take their course 38. той се мисли за (много) НЕЩО he thinks a lot of himself, he thinks no end of himself, разг. he thinks no small beer of himself 39. той ще постигне НЕЩО, от него ще стане/излезе НЕЩО he'll get somewhere, he'll make something out of himself 40. чаках НЕЩО около половин час I waited for half an hour or so 41. чаках два часа и НЕЩО I waited for a little more than two hours

    Български-английски речник > нещо

  • 19 nic

    pron. nothing; (w pytaniu) anything
    - nic się nie zmieniło nothing has changed
    - nic a. niczego nam nie brakuje we have everything we need
    - nic a. niczego nie zapomniałeś? have you forgotten anything?
    - nie dostał nic a. niczego do zjedzenia he wasn’t given anything to eat
    - niczym się nie przejmował he didn’t worry about a thing
    - nie znalazła nic, co mogłoby ją zainteresować she didn’t find anything that might be of interest to her
    - nic nowego/szczególnego nothing new/special
    - nic ważnego się nie stało nothing important happened
    - nic podobnego nothing of the kind a. sort
    - nic dziwnego, że… it’s no wonder that…, no wonder…
    - nie ma nic łatwiejszego nothing could be simpler a. easier
    - błagałem go, a on nic I begged him, but he didn’t say a word
    - szukaliśmy cały dzień, i nic we were searching all day, all for nothing
    - nic ci/mu do mnie a. do moich spraw it’s got nothing to do with you/him
    - nic mi po takim starym rowerze an old bike like that is no use to me pot.
    - nic tu po tobie you have no business being here
    - nic innego nothing else
    - to nic innego jak gra na zwłokę it’s just playing for time, it’s nothing other than playing for time
    - nic takiego nothing important/serious
    - to nic takiego, zwykłe przeziębienie it’s nothing serious, just an ordinary cold
    - nic takiego się nie stało nothing really happened
    - to nic never mind, it doesn’t matter
    - to nic, nie martw się it’s nothing, don’t worry
    - nic, nic, to tylko lekkie zadrapanie it’s nothing (at all), just a scratch
    - mieć kogoś/coś za nic to not care about sb/sth
    - zrobić coś z niczego to make something out of nothing
    - on w niczym nie potrafi jej dorównać she outshines a. surpasses książk. him in any way
    - Anna w niczym nie przypomina swojej siostry Anna is quite a. totally unlike her sister
    - z niczym [przyjść, odejść] empty-handed
    - odprawiono go z niczym he was sent back empty-handed
    part. (wcale) not a bit, not at all
    - nic nie lepszy/gorszy not a bit better/worse
    - „boisz się?” – „nic a nic” a. „nic, ale to nic” ‘are you afraid?’ – ‘not a bit’ a. ‘not at all’
    - całą noc nic nie spał he didn’t sleep at all the whole night
    - czemu ty nic nie tańczysz? why aren’t you dancing at all?
    - łzy nic tu nie pomogą it’s no use crying
    n pejor. (o osobie) nobody; (o rzeczy) nothing
    - być niczym to be a nobody
    - takie nic, a śmie mnie pouczać a nonentity like him telling me what to do!
    - twoje dochody to kompletne nic what you earn is absolutely nothing
    inter. nothing!
    - „co?” – „nic, nieważne” ‘what?’ – ‘nothing, it doesn’t matter a. it’s not important’
    być do niczego pot. [osoba] (o samopoczuciu) to be under the weather pot.; (o umiejętnościach) to be hopeless a. lousy GB pot., to be useless pot.; [film, książka] to be hopeless GB pot.; [pomysł, projekt] to be half-baked pot.
    - jak nic pot. (na pewno) (as) sure as anything pot.
    - jak nic się spóźni he’s bound a. sure to be late
    - na nic (zbędny, niepotrzebny) fit for nothing pot.
    - cała robota na nic all that work for nothing a. down the drain pot.
    - „smaczne, prawda?” – „nic dodać, nic ująć” ‘tasty, isn’t it?’ – ‘you’re right there’
    - mieszkanie duże, jasne, nic dodać, nic ująć a large, bright flat – just right a. perfect
    - wokół nic, tylko lasy there’s nothing but forest all around
    - ona nic, tylko narzeka she does nothing but complain
    - nic, tylko płakać it’s enough to make you weep
    - nic z tego (nie uda się) it’s no use; (nie ma mowy) nothing doing! pot., no way! pot.
    - nic z tego, telefon zepsuty nothing doing, the phone’s out of order
    - „chcę iść do kina” – „nic z tego, musisz odrobić lekcje” ‘I want to go to the cinema’ – ‘nothing doing, you’ve got (your) homework to do’
    - niczego sobie pot. not bad (at all)
    - niczego sobie facet not a bad-looking guy pot.
    - niczego sobie piwo not bad beer; pretty good beer pot.
    - za nic not for anything
    - za nic na a. w świecie not for (all) the world; not for all the tea in China pot.
    * * *
    - ci; -ci; instr pl; - ćmi; f

    grubymi nićmi szyty(przen) thinly disguised

    * * *
    pron.
    Gen. niczego Dat. niczemu Loc. i Ins. niczym
    1. (= żadna rzecz) nothing; ( z innym wyrazem przeczącym) anything; nic dobrego ( o człowieku) no good, good for nothing; nic dziwnego no wonder; nic podobnego! nothing of the sort l. kind!, no way!; nic takiego nothing really; niczego sobie pot. (= całkiem niezły) not bad (at all); nic z tego (nie będzie) it's no use, nothing doing; to nic nie pomoże it's not going to help; nic ci do tego! it's none of your business!, mind your own business!; nic tu po nas we won't help here, we won't be of any use here; to nic, że przegraliśmy never mind that we lost; być do niczego be useless, be no good, be good for nothing; nic nie szkodzi never mind, it's nothing; być niczym be worthless; nic mi nie jest I'm alright, I'm O.K.; nic mu nie będzie he'll be fine l. alright l. O.K.; nic a nic not a thing; mieć kogoś/coś za nic not think much of sb/sth; nie mieć nic do powiedzenia have nothing to say; nie mieć nic do stracenia have nothing to lose; nie mieć nic przeciw komuś/czemuś have nothing against sb/sth; zrobić coś z niczego make sth out of nothing.
    2. (= wcale, w najmniejszym stopniu) nothing at all, not at all; jak nic (= na pewno) for sure; (= bez trudu) without any effort, like nothing; wszystko na nic (all) for nothing; za nic (w świecie) not for anything (in the world); to nie ma nic do rzeczy that is immaterial l. irrelevant; na nic się (nie) zdać be useless; jakby l. jak gdyby (nigdy) nic as if nothing happened; nie miałem nic w ustach od tygodnia I haven't eaten for a week.
    n.
    indecl. nothing; wielkie nic big (fat) zero; zupa nic kulin. milk soup with egg yolk, sugar and vanilla.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > nic

  • 20 nić

    pron. nothing; (w pytaniu) anything
    - nic się nie zmieniło nothing has changed
    - nic a. niczego nam nie brakuje we have everything we need
    - nic a. niczego nie zapomniałeś? have you forgotten anything?
    - nie dostał nic a. niczego do zjedzenia he wasn’t given anything to eat
    - niczym się nie przejmował he didn’t worry about a thing
    - nie znalazła nic, co mogłoby ją zainteresować she didn’t find anything that might be of interest to her
    - nic nowego/szczególnego nothing new/special
    - nic ważnego się nie stało nothing important happened
    - nic podobnego nothing of the kind a. sort
    - nic dziwnego, że… it’s no wonder that…, no wonder…
    - nie ma nic łatwiejszego nothing could be simpler a. easier
    - błagałem go, a on nic I begged him, but he didn’t say a word
    - szukaliśmy cały dzień, i nic we were searching all day, all for nothing
    - nic ci/mu do mnie a. do moich spraw it’s got nothing to do with you/him
    - nic mi po takim starym rowerze an old bike like that is no use to me pot.
    - nic tu po tobie you have no business being here
    - nic innego nothing else
    - to nic innego jak gra na zwłokę it’s just playing for time, it’s nothing other than playing for time
    - nic takiego nothing important/serious
    - to nic takiego, zwykłe przeziębienie it’s nothing serious, just an ordinary cold
    - nic takiego się nie stało nothing really happened
    - to nic never mind, it doesn’t matter
    - to nic, nie martw się it’s nothing, don’t worry
    - nic, nic, to tylko lekkie zadrapanie it’s nothing (at all), just a scratch
    - mieć kogoś/coś za nic to not care about sb/sth
    - zrobić coś z niczego to make something out of nothing
    - on w niczym nie potrafi jej dorównać she outshines a. surpasses książk. him in any way
    - Anna w niczym nie przypomina swojej siostry Anna is quite a. totally unlike her sister
    - z niczym [przyjść, odejść] empty-handed
    - odprawiono go z niczym he was sent back empty-handed
    part. (wcale) not a bit, not at all
    - nic nie lepszy/gorszy not a bit better/worse
    - „boisz się?” – „nic a nic” a. „nic, ale to nic” ‘are you afraid?’ – ‘not a bit’ a. ‘not at all’
    - całą noc nic nie spał he didn’t sleep at all the whole night
    - czemu ty nic nie tańczysz? why aren’t you dancing at all?
    - łzy nic tu nie pomogą it’s no use crying
    n pejor. (o osobie) nobody; (o rzeczy) nothing
    - być niczym to be a nobody
    - takie nic, a śmie mnie pouczać a nonentity like him telling me what to do!
    - twoje dochody to kompletne nic what you earn is absolutely nothing
    inter. nothing!
    - „co?” – „nic, nieważne” ‘what?’ – ‘nothing, it doesn’t matter a. it’s not important’
    być do niczego pot. [osoba] (o samopoczuciu) to be under the weather pot.; (o umiejętnościach) to be hopeless a. lousy GB pot., to be useless pot.; [film, książka] to be hopeless GB pot.; [pomysł, projekt] to be half-baked pot.
    - jak nic pot. (na pewno) (as) sure as anything pot.
    - jak nic się spóźni he’s bound a. sure to be late
    - na nic (zbędny, niepotrzebny) fit for nothing pot.
    - cała robota na nic all that work for nothing a. down the drain pot.
    - „smaczne, prawda?” – „nic dodać, nic ująć” ‘tasty, isn’t it?’ – ‘you’re right there’
    - mieszkanie duże, jasne, nic dodać, nic ująć a large, bright flat – just right a. perfect
    - wokół nic, tylko lasy there’s nothing but forest all around
    - ona nic, tylko narzeka she does nothing but complain
    - nic, tylko płakać it’s enough to make you weep
    - nic z tego (nie uda się) it’s no use; (nie ma mowy) nothing doing! pot., no way! pot.
    - nic z tego, telefon zepsuty nothing doing, the phone’s out of order
    - „chcę iść do kina” – „nic z tego, musisz odrobić lekcje” ‘I want to go to the cinema’ – ‘nothing doing, you’ve got (your) homework to do’
    - niczego sobie pot. not bad (at all)
    - niczego sobie facet not a bad-looking guy pot.
    - niczego sobie piwo not bad beer; pretty good beer pot.
    - za nic not for anything
    - za nic na a. w świecie not for (all) the world; not for all the tea in China pot.
    * * *
    - ci; -ci; instr pl; - ćmi; f

    grubymi nićmi szyty(przen) thinly disguised

    * * *
    f.
    Ins.pl. -mi
    1. (= włókno do szycia) thread; (coś jest) szyte grubymi nićmi (sth is) perfectly obvious, (sth is) thinly disguised; trzymać nici czegoś pull the strings of sth; nici z czegoś pot. nothing will come of it, it will all go up in smoke; nić opowieści thread of the story.
    2. ( wydzielina pająków) thread, cobweb.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > nić

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