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81 fil
n. m.1. 'Tape', finishing line. Etre coiffé sur le fil: To get pipped at the post. (Although the expression originated in the sporting world, it is often used figuratively in other contexts.)2. Le fil (abbr. lefilage): Card-sharp's manipulation of a deck enabling him to cut the pack where he wishes.3. Avoir le fil: To be 'on the ball', to be sharp.4. Avoir un fil à la patte: To have matrimonial ties. Se mettre un fil a lapatte: To get 'spliced', 'hitched', to get married.5. Un vrai fil: A mere slip of a girl, a hyperslender woman.6. Donner du fil a retordre a quelqu'un: To 'lead someone a merry dance', to give someone a lot of trouble.7. Sécher sur le fil: To be 'stood up', to be kept waiting.8. Coup de fil: 'Buzz on the phone', telephone call. Il m'a donné un coup de fil: He gave me a tinkle. 'Y a ta mere au bout du fil: It's your Mum on the phone.9. C'est cousu de fil blanc (of plot): You can see right through it—It's not a very discreet ploy.10. Ne pas avoir inventé le fil à couper le beurre: To be more than a trifle dim (also: ne pas avoir inventé la poudre). -
82 כדי I, (כדי
כְּדִיI, (כַּדִּי, כְּדֵי) (= כַּד הִי, v. כְּדוּ) when; now ( that). Targ. Y. Gen. 27:34. Ib. 39:10; a. e.Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d top כ׳ טבא when it (the eye-paint) is good. Y.Dem.VI, 25c bot. כ׳ יהב ליה כ׳ when he gives him the whole of it. Y.Meg.III, 74b bot. כ׳ דהוינן, v. כַּד I. 2) ( as it is, incidentatly, without special reason, not meaning it exactly. R. Hash. 5a פסח כ׳ נסבח the writer uses the word Pesaḥ (ib. 4a, quot. fr. Tosef.Arakh.III, 17) incidentally (cmp. אַשְׁגָּרָה); Zeb.99b. Kidd.5b סיפא כ׳ נסבה the second proposition was incidentally asserted (is not to be pressed), opp. דַּוְקָא 3) as such, alone, merely. Keth.36b bot. מעיד בח כ׳ if he merely testifies in her favor (without having been instrumental in redeeming her from captivity). Gitt.55a יאוש כ׳וכ׳ the mere giving up of robbed property (without a change of hands after the renunciation) gives the robber no rights. מילי דכ׳־ words spoken merely for saying something, for fun. Snh.29b כל מילי דכ׳וכ׳ people do not remember words thrown out in a jocular way.Bekh.8b מילי דכ׳ Ar. fictions, stories; v. כַּדְבָא).בִּכְ׳ for whatever it be, for a trifle; for no cause. Yeb. 39b בכ׳ תיפוק can she be dismissed without any formality (with his mere refusal to marry her)?Taan.5b, v. בְּכָא. Keth. l. c. לא שדי … בכ׳ one does not throw away ones money at random (unless sure that there is no legal impediment to marrying the woman whom he is about to redeem). Ned.22a בכ׳ לא אדרתה for a paltry reason she would surely not have forbidden her, v. נְדַר. Ib. 29a פקעה בכ׳ ceases without any formality; a. e.מִכְּ׳ from such ( a condition) as it is, now, well, you know. Gitt.68b מ׳ כי מייתוכ׳ now when you die, you will have Sabb.78a מ׳ כל מילתאוכ׳ you know, whenever there is an ordinary and an extraordinary way of using an object, Ḥull.109b; a. e.Esp. (introducing an argument) now, is it not so? Ib. 29a מ׳ על עיף קאיוכ׳ does not the writer of the Mishnah treat of birds? Well then, if he meant sacrificial fowls he ought to have said hammolek! B. Kam.3a מ׳ שקוליןוכ׳ now that they are alike, let both be included, for which will you exclude?Bets.2b מ׳ מאן סתמהוכ׳ now, who is it that states that proposition in the Mishnah anonymously? Of course, Rabbi. Now, why ; a. fr. -
83 כְּדִי
כְּדִיI, (כַּדִּי, כְּדֵי) (= כַּד הִי, v. כְּדוּ) when; now ( that). Targ. Y. Gen. 27:34. Ib. 39:10; a. e.Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d top כ׳ טבא when it (the eye-paint) is good. Y.Dem.VI, 25c bot. כ׳ יהב ליה כ׳ when he gives him the whole of it. Y.Meg.III, 74b bot. כ׳ דהוינן, v. כַּד I. 2) ( as it is, incidentatly, without special reason, not meaning it exactly. R. Hash. 5a פסח כ׳ נסבח the writer uses the word Pesaḥ (ib. 4a, quot. fr. Tosef.Arakh.III, 17) incidentally (cmp. אַשְׁגָּרָה); Zeb.99b. Kidd.5b סיפא כ׳ נסבה the second proposition was incidentally asserted (is not to be pressed), opp. דַּוְקָא 3) as such, alone, merely. Keth.36b bot. מעיד בח כ׳ if he merely testifies in her favor (without having been instrumental in redeeming her from captivity). Gitt.55a יאוש כ׳וכ׳ the mere giving up of robbed property (without a change of hands after the renunciation) gives the robber no rights. מילי דכ׳־ words spoken merely for saying something, for fun. Snh.29b כל מילי דכ׳וכ׳ people do not remember words thrown out in a jocular way.Bekh.8b מילי דכ׳ Ar. fictions, stories; v. כַּדְבָא).בִּכְ׳ for whatever it be, for a trifle; for no cause. Yeb. 39b בכ׳ תיפוק can she be dismissed without any formality (with his mere refusal to marry her)?Taan.5b, v. בְּכָא. Keth. l. c. לא שדי … בכ׳ one does not throw away ones money at random (unless sure that there is no legal impediment to marrying the woman whom he is about to redeem). Ned.22a בכ׳ לא אדרתה for a paltry reason she would surely not have forbidden her, v. נְדַר. Ib. 29a פקעה בכ׳ ceases without any formality; a. e.מִכְּ׳ from such ( a condition) as it is, now, well, you know. Gitt.68b מ׳ כי מייתוכ׳ now when you die, you will have Sabb.78a מ׳ כל מילתאוכ׳ you know, whenever there is an ordinary and an extraordinary way of using an object, Ḥull.109b; a. e.Esp. (introducing an argument) now, is it not so? Ib. 29a מ׳ על עיף קאיוכ׳ does not the writer of the Mishnah treat of birds? Well then, if he meant sacrificial fowls he ought to have said hammolek! B. Kam.3a מ׳ שקוליןוכ׳ now that they are alike, let both be included, for which will you exclude?Bets.2b מ׳ מאן סתמהוכ׳ now, who is it that states that proposition in the Mishnah anonymously? Of course, Rabbi. Now, why ; a. fr. -
84 пустяк
1) General subject: a matter of indifference, a mere nothing, bagatelle, bauble, child's play, doit, fig, fillip, fribble, gewgaw, little, matter of indifference, non thing, nonsense, nothing, nuffin, occurrence of no importance, petty matter, picayune, pushpin, rush, straw, taradiddle, tarradiddle, throwaway, toy, trifle, trifling matter, trinket, trivialism, two and a plack2) Colloquial: detail, walk in the park3) American: hill of beans4) Jocular: fiddlestick6) Diplomatic term: matter of small weight7) Jargon: lead-pipe, chicken feed, hokey-pokey, hoky-poky, lead-pipe cinch, pipe8) Makarov: non-thing -
85 Nichts
unbest. Pron.1. allein stehend: nothing; ich höre / sehe etc. nichts I can’t hear / see etc. a thing; nichts als Ärger etc. nothing but trouble etc.; nichts ist schöner als there’s nothing nicer than (+ Ger. oder to + Inf.); es geht nichts über (+Akk) there’s nothing like; gar nichts nothing at all; fast gar nichts hardly anything; für nichts und wieder nichts all for nothing; mir nichts, dir nichts umg. just like that; weggehen etc.: auch without so much as a word (of goodbye, of explanation etc.); so viel wie nichts next to nothing; daraus ist nichts geworden nothing came of it; daraus wird nichts nothing will come of it; (es geht nicht) we’ll have to forget about that(, I’m afraid); das geht dich nichts an it’s none of your business; aus nichts wird nichts you can’t make something out of nothing; von nichts kommt nichts you can’t get something for nothing; wie nichts (schnell) umg. like nobody’s business; das ist nichts für mich umg. that’s not my thing; nichts zu danken! not at all, don’t mention it; es macht nichts! it doesn’t matter, never mind; nichts zu machen! umg. nothing doing; (es kann nicht geändert werden) it can’t be helped; nichts da! umg. no way!; er wird es zu nichts bringen he’ll never get anywhere (in life); sich in nichts auflösen Projekt etc.: go up in smoke, auf rätselhafte Weise: vanish into thin air; ich komme zu nichts I never get time for anything, I never get (a)round to doing anything; nichts wie weg! umg. run!, let’s move!; nichts wie raus! umg. let’s get out of here quick!; nichts wie hin! umg. what are we waiting for?2. mit Subst., Adj., Adv. oder Pron.: nichts Neues nothing new; ich weiß nichts Genaues I don’t know any details; sie hatte nichts Eiligeres zu tun als (+ Inf.) she had nothing better to do than (+ Inf.) nichts lieber als wieder arbeiten there’s nothing I’d etc. rather do than work again; nichts weniger als nothing less than; nichts weiter oder weiter nichts nothing else; zu diskutieren etc.: auch nothing further; weiter nichts? is that all?; nichts dergleichen no such thing, nothing of the kind; nichts anderes als nothing but; sie interessiert sich für nichts anderes mehr she’s no longer interested in anything else3. mit Part. Präs.: nichts ahnend unsuspecting; nichts sagend Musik, Film, Äußerung: meaningless; Gesicht: expressionless; Mensch: insignificant* * *das Nichtsnonentity; nothingness; negation; zero* * *Nịchts I [nɪçts]nt -, no pl (PHILOS)nothingness; (= Leere) emptiness, void; (= Kleinigkeit) trifle, triviality, trivia pletw aus dem Nichts erschaffen — to create sth out of nothing(ness) or the void
etw aus dem Nichts aufbauen — to build sth up from nothing
dieser Schriftsteller ist aus dem Nichts aufgetaucht — this author sprang up from nowhere
vor dem Nichts stehen —
IIalle seine Hoffnungen endeten im Nichts (liter) — all his hopes came to nothing or nought
nt -es, -e(= Mensch) nobody, nonentity, (mere) cipher* * *das1) (nothing.) naught3) (nothing.) nought4) (nowhere: He disappeared into thin air.) thin air* * *<-, -e>[ˈnɪçts]nt▪ das/ein \Nichts nothingness2. (leerer Raum) void3. (Nullmenge) nothingaus dem \Nichts out of nothinger hat die Firma aus dem \Nichts aufgebaut he built the firm up out of nothingaus dem \Nichts auftauchen to show up from out of nowhere▪ ein \Nichts a nonentity [or nobody5.▶ vor dem \Nichts stehen to be left with nothing* * *das; Nichts, Nichtse2) o. Pl. (leerer Raum) void3) o. Pl. (wenig von etwas)vor dem Nichts stehen — be left with nothing; be faced with ruin
* * *aus dem Nichts from nowhere;etwas aus dem Nichts schaffen create sth out of nothing;vor dem Nichts stehen be left with nothing; (ganz von vorne anfangen müssen) have to start from scratch2. nur sg:ein Nichts (Geringfügiges) nothing;sich um ein Nichts streiten fight over nothing ( oder a triviality);ein Nichts von einem Bikini a nonexistent bikini3. pej (Person) a nobody;ein Nichts sein auch be totally insignificant* * *das; Nichts, Nichtse2) o. Pl. (leerer Raum) void3) o. Pl. (wenig von etwas)vor dem Nichts stehen — be left with nothing; be faced with ruin
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86 nichts
unbest. Pron.1. allein stehend: nothing; ich höre / sehe etc. nichts I can’t hear / see etc. a thing; nichts als Ärger etc. nothing but trouble etc.; nichts ist schöner als there’s nothing nicer than (+ Ger. oder to + Inf.); es geht nichts über (+Akk) there’s nothing like; gar nichts nothing at all; fast gar nichts hardly anything; für nichts und wieder nichts all for nothing; mir nichts, dir nichts umg. just like that; weggehen etc.: auch without so much as a word (of goodbye, of explanation etc.); so viel wie nichts next to nothing; daraus ist nichts geworden nothing came of it; daraus wird nichts nothing will come of it; (es geht nicht) we’ll have to forget about that(, I’m afraid); das geht dich nichts an it’s none of your business; aus nichts wird nichts you can’t make something out of nothing; von nichts kommt nichts you can’t get something for nothing; wie nichts (schnell) umg. like nobody’s business; das ist nichts für mich umg. that’s not my thing; nichts zu danken! not at all, don’t mention it; es macht nichts! it doesn’t matter, never mind; nichts zu machen! umg. nothing doing; (es kann nicht geändert werden) it can’t be helped; nichts da! umg. no way!; er wird es zu nichts bringen he’ll never get anywhere (in life); sich in nichts auflösen Projekt etc.: go up in smoke, auf rätselhafte Weise: vanish into thin air; ich komme zu nichts I never get time for anything, I never get (a)round to doing anything; nichts wie weg! umg. run!, let’s move!; nichts wie raus! umg. let’s get out of here quick!; nichts wie hin! umg. what are we waiting for?2. mit Subst., Adj., Adv. oder Pron.: nichts Neues nothing new; ich weiß nichts Genaues I don’t know any details; sie hatte nichts Eiligeres zu tun als (+ Inf.) she had nothing better to do than (+ Inf.) nichts lieber als wieder arbeiten there’s nothing I’d etc. rather do than work again; nichts weniger als nothing less than; nichts weiter oder weiter nichts nothing else; zu diskutieren etc.: auch nothing further; weiter nichts? is that all?; nichts dergleichen no such thing, nothing of the kind; nichts anderes als nothing but; sie interessiert sich für nichts anderes mehr she’s no longer interested in anything else3. mit Part. Präs.: nichts ahnend unsuspecting; nichts sagend Musik, Film, Äußerung: meaningless; Gesicht: expressionless; Mensch: insignificant* * *das Nichtsnonentity; nothingness; negation; zero* * *Nịchts I [nɪçts]nt -, no pl (PHILOS)nothingness; (= Leere) emptiness, void; (= Kleinigkeit) trifle, triviality, trivia pletw aus dem Nichts erschaffen — to create sth out of nothing(ness) or the void
etw aus dem Nichts aufbauen — to build sth up from nothing
dieser Schriftsteller ist aus dem Nichts aufgetaucht — this author sprang up from nowhere
vor dem Nichts stehen —
IIalle seine Hoffnungen endeten im Nichts (liter) — all his hopes came to nothing or nought
nt -es, -e(= Mensch) nobody, nonentity, (mere) cipher* * *das1) (nothing.) naught3) (nothing.) nought4) (nowhere: He disappeared into thin air.) thin air* * *<-, -e>[ˈnɪçts]nt▪ das/ein \Nichts nothingness2. (leerer Raum) void3. (Nullmenge) nothingaus dem \Nichts out of nothinger hat die Firma aus dem \Nichts aufgebaut he built the firm up out of nothingaus dem \Nichts auftauchen to show up from out of nowhere▪ ein \Nichts a nonentity [or nobody5.▶ vor dem \Nichts stehen to be left with nothing* * *das; Nichts, Nichtse2) o. Pl. (leerer Raum) void3) o. Pl. (wenig von etwas)vor dem Nichts stehen — be left with nothing; be faced with ruin
* * *nichts indef pr1. alleinstehend: nothing;ich höre/sehe etcnichts I can’t hear/see etc a thing;nichts ist schöner als there’s nothing nicer than (+ger oder to +inf);es geht nichts über (+akk) there’s nothing like;gar nichts nothing at all;fast gar nichts hardly anything;für nichts und wieder nichts all for nothing;mir nichts, dir nichts umg just like that; weggehen etc: auch without so much as a word (of goodbye, of explanation etc);so viel wie nichts next to nothing;daraus ist nichts geworden nothing came of it;daraus wird nichts nothing will come of it; (es geht nicht) we’ll have to forget about that(, I’m afraid);das geht dich nichts an it’s none of your business;aus nichts wird nichts you can’t make something out of nothing;von nichts kommt nichts you can’t get something for nothing;wie nichts (schnell) umg like nobody’s business;das ist nichts für mich umg that’s not my thing;nichts zu danken! not at all, don’t mention it;es macht nichts! it doesn’t matter, never mind;nichts da! umg no way!;er wird es zu nichts bringen he’ll never get anywhere (in life);ich komme zu nichts I never get time for anything, I never get (a)round to doing anything;nichts wie weg! umg run!, let’s move!;nichts wie raus! umg let’s get out of here quick!;nichts wie hin! umg what are we waiting for?2. mit subst, adj, adv oder pron:nichts Neues nothing new;ich weiß nichts Genaues I don’t know any details;nichts lieber als wieder arbeiten there’s nothing I’d etc rather do than work again;nichts weniger als nothing less than;weiter nichts nothing else; zu diskutieren etc: auch nothing further;weiter nichts? is that all?;nichts dergleichen no such thing, nothing of the kind;nichts anderes als nothing but;sie interessiert sich für nichts anderes mehr she’s no longer interested in anything else3. mit ppr:nichts ahnend unsuspecting;* * *das; Nichts, Nichtse2) o. Pl. (leerer Raum) void3) o. Pl. (wenig von etwas)vor dem Nichts stehen — be left with nothing; be faced with ruin
4) (abwertend): (Mensch) nobody; nonentity* * *n.nonentity n.nothingness n. -
87 andrajo
m.rag.* * *1 rag, tatter* * *SM1) rag, tatterandrajos — rags, tatters
estar en andrajos, estar hecho un andrajo — to be in rags
2) (=pillo) rascal, good-for-nothing3) (=bagatela) trifle, mere nothing* * *masculino ragvestido de or con andrajos — dressed in rags
* * *= tatter.Ex. I carried that letter in my wallet as a talisman of hope for a year, until it dissolved in tatters.----* andrajos = rags.* * *masculino ragvestido de or con andrajos — dressed in rags
* * *= tatter.Ex: I carried that letter in my wallet as a talisman of hope for a year, until it dissolved in tatters.
* andrajos = rags.* * *ragva vestido de or con andrajos he goes about dressed in ragseste abrigo está hecho un andrajo this coat is falling apart o is falling to bits o is in tatters* * *
andrajo sustantivo masculino
rag
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88 aguachirle
f.dishwater, slops, slipslop, wish-wash.* * *(Takes el in singular)1 dishwater* * *SF1) (=bebida) slops pl, dishwater2) (=bagatela) trifle, mere nothing* * *femenino o masculino (Esp fam) dishwater (colloq) ( watery drink or soup)* * *femenino o masculino (Esp fam) dishwater (colloq) ( watery drink or soup)* * *oresto no es café, es aguachirle this isn't coffee, it tastes like o it's like dishwater* * *Esp Fameste café es un aguachirle this coffee tastes like dishwater* * *f famdishwater fam -
89 pucho
m.1 cigarette butt. (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), River Plate)2 cigar butt, cigarette butt.* * *SM2) LAm (=cigarrillo) fag **3) LAm (=resto) [gen] scrap, left-over(s) pl ; [de bebida] dregs pl ; [de tela] remnant; (Econ) coppers pl, small change4) LAm (=nimiedad) trifle, mere nothing* * *masculino (AmL fam)a) ( cigarrillo - de tabaco) smoke (colloq), fag (BrE colloq); (- de marihuana) joint (colloq)b) ( resto - de cigarrillo) butt, fag end (BrE colloq); (- de comida) scrap; (- de bebida) dropa puchos — (AmL fam) bit by bit (colloq), a little at a time (colloq)
no valer un pucho — (Chi fam) to be completely worthless
* * *masculino (AmL fam)a) ( cigarrillo - de tabaco) smoke (colloq), fag (BrE colloq); (- de marihuana) joint (colloq)b) ( resto - de cigarrillo) butt, fag end (BrE colloq); (- de comida) scrap; (- de bebida) dropa puchos — (AmL fam) bit by bit (colloq), a little at a time (colloq)
no valer un pucho — (Chi fam) to be completely worthless
* * *1 (cigarrillo — de tabaco) smoke ( colloq), cigarrette, fag ( BrE colloq); (— de marihuana) joint ( colloq)queda un puchito de sopa there's a drop of soup leftme está pagando a puchos he's paying me bit by bit o a little at a timese tomó la sopa a puchos he sipped his soupme/le importa un pucho ( Chi fam); I/he couldn't care less ( colloq) I/he couldn't give a damn ( colloq)tomó la decisión sobre el pucho he made his decision right away o there and then* * *
pucho sustantivo masculino (AmS fam)
(— de marihuana) joint (colloq)
(— de comida) scrap;
(— de bebida) drop
' pucho' also found in these entries:
English:
stub
* * *♦ nm1. Andes, RP [cigarrillo] cigarette, Br fag2. Andes, RP [colilla] cigarette butt3. Chile, Ecuad [hijo menor] youngest child4. CompRPsobre el pucho in the nick of time♦ de a puchos Andes, RP loc advbit by bit;fue comiendo de a puchos hasta terminar el plato she went on taking tiny mouthfuls until the plate was empty;está pagando la deuda, pero de a puchos she is paying off the debt, but only bit by bit o in dribs and drabs* * *m S.Am. popcigarette butt, Brfag end fam ;no valer un pucho be completely worthless* * *pucho nm1) : waste, residue2) : cigarette butt3)a puchos : little by little, bit by bit -
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91 безцінь
жпродати (купити) за безцінь — to sell ( to buy) for a trifle ( for a mere song)
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92 a vinde pe (un preţ de) nimic / derizoriu
to sell dirt-cheap / for a song / a trifle / a (mere) nothingRomână-Engleză dicționar expresii > a vinde pe (un preţ de) nimic / derizoriu
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93 a vinde pe o bucata de pâine
to sell for a (mere) nothing / for a trifle / for a song.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a vinde pe o bucata de pâine
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94 pe un preţ de nimic / derizoriu
dirt-cheapfor a (mere) songfor nothing / a trifle.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > pe un preţ de nimic / derizoriu
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95 pentru o nimica toată
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96 nummus
nummus (not nūm-), ī ( gen plur. -mūm; rarely -mōrum, T., C., H.), m, νοῦμμοσ (Doric for νόμοσ), a piece of money, coin, money: pauxillulum Nummorum, T.: adulterini, counterfeit: habet in nummis, ready money: iactabatur temporibus illis nummus, the value of money fluctuated: crescit amor nummi, Iu.—The Roman unit of account, a silver coin, sesterce: mille nummūm poscit, T.: quinque illa milia nummūm dare Apronio: hic erit tuus nummorum millibus octo, at the price of, H.: Denarius nummus, see denarius.—A trifle, mere nothing, penny: ad nummum convenit, to a farthing: hereditas, unde nummum nullum attigisset, touched no penny.* * *coin; cash; money; sesterce -
97 niente
1. pron m nothing2. adv nothingnon ho niente I don't have anything, I have nothinglo fai tu? - niente affatto! are you going to do it? - no, I am not!tu hai detto che... - niente affatto! you said that... - no, I did not!non ho per niente fame I'm not at all hungrynon ho capito per niente I didn't understand a thingniente (di) meno no lessnientedimeno! that's incredible! you don't say!* * *niente pron.indef.1 nothing; ( in presenza di altra negazione) anything: niente si oppone alla realizzazione del progetto, nothing prevents the project being carried out; non ne sapevo niente, I knew nothing about it; ''Che cosa fai?'' ''Niente'', ''What are you doing?'' ''Nothing''; sta tutto il giorno senza far niente, he spends the whole day doing nothing; ancora non avete visto niente, you haven't seen anything yet; non bisogna dirgli niente, he mustn't be told anything; non dà mai niente a nessuno, he never gives anyone anything; so poco o niente di lui, I know next to nothing about him // nient'altro, nothing else, ( in presenza di altra negazione) anything else: ''Non disse altro?'' ''Nient'altro'', ''Didn't he say anything else?'' ''No, he didn't'' (o ''No, nothing else'') // nient'altro che, nothing but: non è nient'altro che un bugiardo, he's nothing but a liar // niente di nuovo, d'interessante, nothing new, interesting; non c'è niente di meglio, there's nothing better (o there isn't anything better); non ha fatto niente di male, he hasn't done anything wrong // non sa niente di niente, he knows nothing whatever (o nothing at all o nothing about nothing) // per niente, ( senza nessun compenso o risultato) for nothing, ( senza motivo, inutilmente) about nothing: lavorare per niente, to work for nothing, arrabbiarsi, lamentarsi per niente, to get angry, to complain about nothing; ho parlato per niente, I wasted my breath; nessuno fa niente per niente, nobody does anything for nothing // di niente, ( in risposta a un ringraziamento) don't mention it (o you're welcome): ''Grazie mille!'' ''Di niente, si figuri!'', ''Thank you so much'' ''Don't mention it'' // non serve a niente, it's no use // non cambia niente, ( fa lo stesso) it makes no odds // non fa niente, ( non importa) it doesn't matter (o it's all right) // non posso farci niente, I can't do anything about it (o I can do nothing about it) // non aver niente a che fare con qlcu., to have nothing to do with s.o.2 ( qualche cosa) anything (spec. in frasi interr. o dubitative): c'è niente per me?, is (n't) there anything for me?; ( c'è) niente di nuovo?, is there any news?; ti serve niente?, do you need anything?; hai mai visto niente di così divertente?, have you ever seen anything so amusing? (o as amusing as that?); hai niente in contrario?, have you any objections?; avete nient'altro da dirmi?, have you anything else to tell (o to say to) me?; dimmi se c'è niente che possa fare per te, tell me if there's anything I can do for you // non per niente..., ( non senza ragione) not for nothing...3 ( poca cosa) nothing: il danno alla mia auto era niente in confronto al suo, the damage to my car was nothing in comparison with the damage to his; ti pare niente?, do you think it's nothing?; l'ho pagato niente rispetto al suo valore, I paid nothing in comparison with what it's worth // come se niente fosse, as if nothing were the matter // da niente, ( da poco) nothing much; è una ferita da niente, it's only a scratch; una cosa da niente, a trifle // un buono a niente, a good-for-nothing◆ s.m. ( nessuna cosa) nothing: è un niente, he is a mere nothing; l'ho avuto per (un) niente, I got it for next to nothing; tutto finì in (un) niente, it all came to nothing (o everything fell through); offendersi per un niente, to take offence at the slightest thing; la conferenza finì in un niente di fatto, nothing concrete came out of the meeting // l'ha fatto in meno di un niente, he did it in next to no time // ridursi un niente, ( logorarsi) to wear oneself out; ridursi al niente, ( perdere tutto) to lose everything // venire dal niente, to come up from nothing // non ha ottenuto un bel niente, he got nothing at all◆ avv.1 ( punto, affatto) not at all: niente male!, not bad at all!; non ho niente voglia di lavorare oggi, (fam.) I don't feel like working today at all; non gli assomiglia per niente, it's nothing like him at all; non m'importa niente, it doesn't matter to me at all (o I don't care at all) // speravo di convincerlo, ma lui niente, I was hoping to persuade him, but he wasn't having any // niente affatto, not at all: ''Ti sei convinto?'' ''Niente affatto!'', ''Are you convinced?'' ''Not at all''2 ( molto poco): non ci metto niente a farlo, it won't take me a minute to do it // se niente niente gli si dà retta..., (fam.) once you start listening to him...◆ agg.invar. (fam.) ( nessuno) no; ( in presenza di altra negazione) any: niente pasta per me, grazie, sono a dieta, no pasta for me, thank you, I'm on a diet; non ha avuto niente rispetto per quel pover'uomo!, he didn't show that poor man any consideration // In espressioni ellittiche: niente paura!, not to worry!; niente scherzi, mi raccomando!, no tricks, please!; niente scuse!, no apologies!* * *['njɛnte]1. pron(nessuna cosa) nothing, (qualcosa) anythingnon... niente — nothing, espressione negativa + anything
non ho visto niente — I saw nothing, I didn't see anything
hai bisogno di o ti serve niente? — do you need anything?
niente di grave/nuovo — nothing serious/new
un uomo da niente — a nobody, a nonentity
ha niente in contrario se...? — would you object if...?
niente al mondo — nothing on earth o in the world
ho parlato per niente — I spoke to no purpose, I wasted my breath
nient'altro? — (in negozio) is that all?, will that be all?
nient'altro che — nothing but, (solamente) just, only
grazie. - di niente — thanks. - you're welcome
2. agg3. sm4. avvnon... niente — not... at allnon... per niente — (affatto) not...at all
niente affatto — not at all, not in the least
* * *['njɛnte] 1.1) (nessuna cosa) nothing; (in presenza di altra negazione) anythingho deciso di non dire niente — I decided to say nothing o not to say anything
non c'è più niente da fare — (come lavoro) there's nothing left o else to do; (non c'è speranza) there's nothing more that can be done
non è niente — (non mi sono fatto male) it's nothing
non serve a niente piangere — it's no good o use crying
non avere niente a che fare con qcn. — to have nothing to do with sb.
niente di meno, di più — nothing less, nothing more (di, che than)
niente di meglio, di peggio — nothing better, worse (di, che than)
non ci vedo niente di male — I see no harm in it, there's nothing wrong with it
"grazie" - "di niente" — "thank you" - "you're welcome", "not at all", "don't mention it"
non fa niente — (non importa) never mind, it doesn't mind
come niente (fosse) o come se niente fosse as if nothing had happened; fare finta di niente to pretend nothing has happened; nient'altro — nothing else o more
2) (qualcosa) anything3) da nientenon per niente sono italiano — I'm not Italian for nothing; (gratis) for nothing, for free
nessuno fa niente per niente — you get nothing for nothing; (affatto) at all
la cosa non mi riguarda per niente — that doesn't concern me at all o in any way
2.per niente al mondo — not for love nor for money, for anything
3.non ho niente fame — colloq. I'm not at all hungry
sostantivo maschile nothing4.è venuto su dal niente — fig. he is a self-made man
niente affatto — not at all, not in the least
niente male — not half bad, not bad at all
tutti lo chiamano, ma lui niente! — everybody calls him, but he won't listen
3) niente niente colloq.* * *niente/'njεnte/Niente in italiano, e i suoi equivalenti inglesi, possono essere usati come pronomi e aggettivi, meno spesso come sostantivi e avverbi. - Il pronome niente si traduce solitamente con nothing: non ne sapevo niente = I knew nothing about it; tuttavia, si usano anything se c'è già un'altra negazione ( non mi hanno mai detto niente = I was never told anything about it) o in frase interrogativa dove niente ha in realtà valore positivo (hai visto niente? = hai visto qualcosa? = have you seen anything?). - Come aggettivo, niente si rende con no (niente imbrogli! = no cheating!), e con any in una frase già negativa o in frase interrogativa dove niente ha in realtà valore positivo (niente soldi nel portafoglio? = dei soldi nel portafoglio? = any money in your wallet?). - Per gli altri usi di niente, si veda la voce qui sotto. Si veda anche la voce nulla.1 (nessuna cosa) nothing; (in presenza di altra negazione) anything; niente è impossibile nothing is impossible; non sento niente I can't hear anything; ho deciso di non dire niente I decided to say nothing o not to say anything; non c'è più niente there is nothing left; non c'è più niente da fare (come lavoro) there's nothing left o else to do; (non c'è speranza) there's nothing more that can be done; non è niente (non mi sono fatto male) it's nothing; non possiamo farci niente we can do nothing (about it); non se ne fa niente it's all off; e questo è ancora niente! you haven't seen anything yet! non serve a niente piangere it's no good o use crying; non avere niente a che fare con qcn. to have nothing to do with sb.; niente da fare! no go! nothing doing! non ha niente di sua sorella she's nothing like her sister; niente di meno, di più nothing less, nothing more (di, che than); niente di meglio, di peggio nothing better, worse (di, che than); niente di nuovo nothing new; non ci vedo niente di male I see no harm in it, there's nothing wrong with it; "grazie" - "di niente" "thank you" - "you're welcome", "not at all", "don't mention it"; non fa niente (non importa) never mind, it doesn't mind; niente di niente absolutely nothing; come niente (fosse) o come se niente fosse as if nothing had happened; fare finta di niente to pretend nothing has happened; nient'altro nothing else o more2 (qualcosa) anything; ti serve niente? do you need anything?4 per niente (inutilmente) tanta fatica per niente all that trouble for nothing; fare un sacco di storie per niente to make a big fuss about nothing; non per niente sono italiano I'm not Italian for nothing; (gratis) for nothing, for free; nessuno fa niente per niente you get nothing for nothing; (affatto) at all; non è per niente sicuro it is by no means certain; non assomiglia per niente a suo padre he is nothing like his father; la cosa non mi riguarda per niente that doesn't concern me at all o in any way; non mi preoccupa per niente it doesn't bother me in the least; per niente al mondo not for love nor for money, for anything; per niente! not at all!(nessuno) no; (in presenza di altra negazione) any; niente alcolici no alcoholic drinks; niente paura! never fear! have no fear! non ho niente fame colloq. I'm not at all hungryIII sostantivo m.nothing; un niente lo irrita the slighest thing annoys him; non vedo un bel niente I can't see a damned thing; in un niente in no time at all; è venuto su dal niente fig. he is a self-made manIV avverbio1 (neanche un poco) non m'importa niente I don't care at all; non ci metto niente a farlo I'll do it in no time; niente affatto not at all, not in the least; non ero niente affatto contento I was none too happy; non vale niente it's worth nothing; niente male not half bad, not bad at all; non eri niente male you weren't too bad at all2 (in espressioni ellittiche) tutti lo chiamano, ma lui niente! everybody calls him, but he won't listen -
98 bagatela
• bagatelle• mere nothing• picayune• tinker's damn• trier• trifle away• trivial name• trivialize -
99 friolera
• bauble• mere nothing• trier• trifle away -
100 fruslería
• bagatelle• bauble• fad• getting worse all the time• geyser• mere nothing• pettifogging• petting• tinker's damn• trier• trifle away
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