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1 butterfly stroke

nome nuoto m. a farfalla

to do o swim the butterfly stroke — nuotare a farfalla

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nome nuoto m. a farfalla

to do o swim the butterfly stroke — nuotare a farfalla

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2 swim

1. intransitive verb,
-mm-, swam, swum

1) schwimmen

swim with/against the tide/stream — (fig.) mit dem/gegen den Strom schwimmen

2) (fig.): (be flooded, overflow)

swim with or in something — in etwas (Dat.) schwimmen

the deck was swimming with water — das Deck stand unter Wasser

3) (appear to whirl)

swim [before somebody's eyes] — [vor jemandes Augen] verschwimmen

4) (have dizzy sensation)

my head was swimming — mir war schwindelig. See also academic.ru/67456/sink">sink 2. 1)
2. transitive verb,
-mm-, swam, swum schwimmen [Strecke]; durchschwimmen [Fluss, See]
3. noun
1)

have a/go for a swim — schwimmen/schwimmen gehen

2)

be in the swim [of things] — mitten im Geschehen sein

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[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb
1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) schwimmen

2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) schwimmen

3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) schwimmen
2. noun
(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) das Schwimmen

- swimmer
- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume
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swim

[swɪm]

I. vi

<swam or AUS also swum, swum, -mm->

1. SPORT schwimmen

to go \swimming schwimmen gehen

▪ to \swim under sth unter etw dat hindurchschwimmen

2. ( pej: be immersed)

▪ to \swim in sth food in etw dat schwimmen

to \swim with tears eyes in Tränen schwimmen

3. (whirl) verschwimmen; (be dizzy) schwindeln

my head begins to \swim mir dreht sich alles, mir wird schwindelig

II. vt

<swam or AUS also swum, swum, -mm->

1. (cross)

▪ to \swim sth etw durchschwimmen

he swam 700 metres to shore er schwamm 700 Meter zum Ufer

to \swim a river/channel einen Fluss/Kanal durchschwimmen

2. (do)

to \swim a few strokes ein paar Züge schwimmen

to \swim the butterfly stroke delfinschwimmen

III. n

1. (in water) Schwimmen nt kein pl

to have [or go for] a \swim schwimmen gehen

2. COMPUT Schwimmen nt

3.

▶ to be in/out of the \swim auf dem/nicht mehr auf dem Laufenden sein

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[swɪm] vb: pret swam, ptp swum
1. n

1)

after a 2 km swim — nach 2 km Schwimmen, nachdem ich/er etc 2 km geschwommen war

it's a long swim — es ist weit (zu schwimmen)

that was a nice swim — das (Schwimmen) hat Spaß gemacht!

I like or enjoy a swim — ich gehe gern ( mal) schwimmen, ich schwimme gern (mal)

to have a swim — schwimmen

2) (inf)

to be in the/out of the swim — up to date/nicht mehr up to date sein

2. vt
schwimmen; river, Channel durchschwimmen
3. vi
schwimmen
to swim back — zurückschwimmen

we shall have to swim for it — wir werden schwimmen müssen

the room swam before my eyes — das Zimmer verschwamm vor meinen Augen

my head is swimming — mir dreht sich alles, mir ist ganz schwummrig (inf)

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swim [swım]

A v/i prät swam [swæm], pperf swum [swʌm]

1. schwimmen: → safety A 1, stream A 2, tide¹ A 3

2. schwimmen, treiben (Gegenstand)

3. schweben, (sanft) gleiten:

the moon swims in the sky;

she swam into the room

4. a) schwimmen (in in dat)

b) überschwemmt oder voll sein, überfließen ( with von):

the meat swims in gravy das Fleisch schwimmt in der Soße;

his eyes were swimming with tears seine Augen schwammen in Tränen;

swim in money fig in Geld schwimmen

5. (ver-)schwimmen (before sb’s eyes jemandem vor den Augen), sich drehen:

my head is swimming mir ist schwind(e)lig

B v/t

1. a) einen Stil, eine Strecke schwimmen:

swim a race an einem Wettschwimmen teilnehmen; → breaststroke A, crawl¹ C 2, etc

b) einen See etc durchschwimmen

2. jemanden, ein Pferd etc, eine Sache schwimmen lassen

3. mit jemandem um die Wette schwimmen

C s

1. Schwimmen n, Bad n:

go for a swim schwimmen gehen;

have ( oder take) a swim schwimmen

2. fig Schweben n, (sanftes) Gleiten

3. umg be in the swim

a) mitten im Geschehen sein,

b) up to date sein;

be out of the swim

a) nicht mehr im Geschehen sein,

b) nicht mehr up to date sein

4. Angelsport: tiefe und fischreiche Stelle (eines Flusses)

5. Schwindel(anfall) m

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1. intransitive verb,
-mm-, swam, swum

1) schwimmen

swim with/against the tide/stream — (fig.) mit dem/gegen den Strom schwimmen

2) (fig.): (be flooded, overflow)

swim with or in something — in etwas (Dat.) schwimmen

the deck was swimming with water — das Deck stand unter Wasser

3) (appear to whirl)

swim [before somebody's eyes] — [vor jemandes Augen] verschwimmen

4) (have dizzy sensation)

my head was swimming — mir war schwindelig. See also sink 2. 1)
2. transitive verb,
-mm-, swam, swum schwimmen [Strecke]; durchschwimmen [Fluss, See]
3. noun
1)

have a/go for a swim — schwimmen/schwimmen gehen

2)

be in the swim [of things] — mitten im Geschehen sein

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v.

(§ p.,p.p.: swam, swum)

= schwimmen v.

(§ p.,pp.: schwamm, ist/hat geschwommen)

English-german dictionary > swim
3 butterfly

noun

1) Schmetterling, der

have butterflies [in one's stomach] — (fig. coll.) ein flaues Gefühl im Magen haben

2) see academic.ru/96395/butterfly_stroke">butterfly stroke

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plural - butterflies; noun

(a type of insect with large (often coloured) wings.) der Schmetterling

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but·ter·fly

[ˈbʌtəflaɪ, AM -t̬ɚ-]

I. n

1. (insect) Schmetterling m; ( fig) flatterhafter Mensch pej

a social \butterfly ein Partygirl pej

2. (in swimming) Butterfly m, Schmetterlingsstil m

3.

▶ to have butterflies [in one's stomach] ( fam: be excited) einen Flattermann haben BRD fam; (be nervous) ein flaues Gefühl [im Magen] haben

II. n modifier (collection, net, trap, wing) Schmetterlings-

III. vt

<- ie->

to \butterfly a cutlet/turkey breast ein Schnitzel/eine Putenbrust in der Mitte einschneiden und auseinanderklappen

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['bʌtəflaɪ]
n

1) Schmetterling m

I've got/I get butterflies (in my stomach) — mir ist/wird ganz flau im Magen (inf), mir ist/wird ganz mulmig zumute or zu Mute (inf)

2) (SWIMMING) Schmetterlingsstil m, Butterfly m

can you do the butterfly? — können Sie Butterfly or den Schmetterlingsstil?

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butterfly s

1. ZOOL Schmetterling m, Tagfalter m:

have butterflies in one’s stomach ( oder tummy) umg

a) Schmetterlinge im Bauch haben, ein flaues Gefühl in der Magengegend haben,

b) Lampenfieber haben; → wheel A 6

2. fig

a) Schmetterling m (flatterhafter, oberflächlicher Mensch)

b) Papagei m pej (auffällig und geschmacklos gekleideter Mensch)

c) vergnügungssüchtiger Mensch

3. auch butterfly stroke Delfinschwimmen n:

do ( oder swim) the butterfly stroke delfinschwimmen, im Delfinstil schwimmen;

butterfly swimmer Delfinschwimmer(in)

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noun

1) Schmetterling, der

have butterflies [in one's stomach] — (fig. coll.) ein flaues Gefühl im Magen haben

2) see butterfly stroke

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n.

Falter - m.

Schmetterling (Schwimmstil) m.

Schmetterling m.

English-german dictionary > butterfly
4 swim

[swɪm] vi < swam or (Aus a.) swum, swum, -mm->

1) sports

schwimmen;

to go \swimming schwimmen gehen;

to \swim under sth unter etw dat hindurchschwimmen;

2) (pej: be immersed)

to \swim in sth food in etw dat schwimmen;

to \swim with tears eyes in Tränen schwimmen

3) ( whirl) verschwimmen;

( be dizzy) schwindeln;

my head begins to \swim mir dreht sich alles, mir wird schwindelig vt < swam or (Aus a.) swum, swum, -mm->

1) ( cross)

to \swim sth etw durchschwimmen;

he swam 700 metres to shore er schwamm 700 Meter zum Ufer;

to \swim a river/ channel einen Fluss/Kanal durchschwimmen

2) (do)

to \swim a few strokes ein paar Züge schwimmen;

to \swim the butterfly stroke Delphin schwimmen n Schwimmen nt kein pl;

to have [or go for] a \swim schwimmen gehen

PHRASES:

to be in/out of the \swim auf dem/nicht mehr auf dem Laufenden sein

English-German students dictionary > swim
5 swim

swim
1. present participle - swimming; verb
1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) nadar

2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) nadar

3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) dar vueltas

2. noun
(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) baño

- swimmer
- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume

swim¹ n baño

to go for a swim ir a bañarse

swim² vb nadar

she learnt to swim when she was five aprendió a nadar con cinco años

I swam across the lake crucé el río a nado

El pasado de swim es swam y el participio pasado es swum; el gerundio se escribe swimming

swim

tr[swɪm]

noun

1 baño

intransitive verb (pt swam tr[swæm], pp swum tr[swʌm], ger swimming)

1 (gen) nadar

■ she's learning to swim está aprendiendo a nadar

■ he goes swimming every day va a nadar cada día

■ we had to swim across tuvimos que cruzar nadando

2 (be covered in liquid) nadar (in, en), flotar (in, en); (be overflowing) estar cubierto,-a (((with, de), estar inundado,-a

■ the meat was swimming in fat la carne nadaba en grasa

■ the floor was swimming with water el suelo estaba cubierto de agua

3 (spin, whirl) dar vueltas

■ my head is swimming la cabeza me da vueltas

transitive verb

1 (cross river) cruzar a nado, cruzar nadando; (cover distance) nadar, hacer; (use particular stroke) nadar

■ she swam a mile when she was 10 nadó una milla cuando tenía 10 años

■ can you swim butterfly? ¿sabes nadar (estilo) mariposa?

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be in the swim estar al tanto, estar en la onda

to go for a swim ir a nadar

to have a swim bañarse, nadar

to swim with the tide seguir la corriente

to swim against the tide ir contra la corriente

swim ['swɪm] vi, swam ['swæm] ; swum ['swʌm] ; swimming

1) : nadar

2) float: flotar

3) reel: dar vueltas

his head was swimming: la cabeza le daba vueltas

swim n

: baño m, chapuzón m

to go for a swim: ir a nadar

swim

n.

• nadada s.f.

• natación s.f.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: swam, swum) = dar vueltas la cabeza v.

• nadar v.

• pasar a nado v.

I
1. swɪm
(pres p swimming; past swam; past p swum) intransitive verb

1) \<\<person/animal/fish\>\> nadar

can you swim? — ¿sabes nadar?

are you going swimming? — ¿vas a ir a nadar?

he swam across the river — cruzó el río nadando or a nado

we had to swim for it — tuvimos que nadar para salvarnos

2)

a) ( float) flotar

b) (be immersed, overflowing) (usu in -ing form)

to swim IN something — nadar or flotar en algo

the tomatoes were swimming in oil — los tomates nadaban or flotaban en aceite

to swim WITH something: the bathroom floor was swimming with water — el suelo del baño estaba cubierto de agua

3) (of blurred, confused perceptions) dar* vueltas

my head was swimming — la cabeza me daba vueltas

2.

vt \<\<length\>\> nadar, hacer*; \<\<river\>\> cruzar* a nado

to swim breaststroke — nadar pecho or (Esp) a braza

II

noun

to go for a swim — ir* a nadar

to have a swim — nadar, bañarse, darse* un baño

it's a long swim to the island — hay que nadar un buen trecho para llegar a la isla

to be in the swim — estar* al tanto de lo que pasa, estar* en la onda (fam)

[swɪm] (vb: pt swam) (pp swum)
1.

N

to have a swim — darse un baño, nadar

I had a lovely swim this morning — me di un baño estupendo esta mañana

after a two-kilometre swim — después de nadar dos kilómetros

it's a long swim back to the shore — hay un buen trecho a nado hasta la playa

that was a long swim for a child — eso fue mucho nadar para un niño

to go for a swim — ir a nadar or a bañarse

- be in the swim

- keep in the swim

2. VT

1) [+ stretch of water] pasar a nado, cruzar a nado

he was the first man to swim the English channel — fue el primer hombre que cruzó a nado el Canal de la Mancha

2) [+ length, race] nadar

he can swim two lengths — puede nadar dos largos

she swam ten lengths of the pool — se hizo diez largos en la piscina

to swim (the) crawl — nadar a crol

before I had swum ten strokes — antes de haber dado diez brazadas

she can't swim a stroke — no sabe nadar en absoluto

she swam the 400 metres medley — nadó los 400 metros a cuatro estilos

3. VI

1) [person, fish] nadar

I can't swim — no sé nadar

• to swim across a river — pasar or cruzar un río a nado

• we managed to swim ashore — logramos llegar nadando hasta la orilla

• then we swam back — luego volvimos (nadando)

• we shall have to swim for it * — tendremos que echarnos al agua, tendremos que salvarnos nadando

• to go swimming — ir a nadar or bañarse

• to learn to swim — aprender a nadar

• to swim out to sea — alejarse nadando de la playa

• to swim under water — nadar debajo del agua, bucear

- swim against the stream or tide

- swim with the stream or tide

2) (=float) flotar

the meat was swimming in gravy — la carne flotaba or nadaba en la salsa

her eyes were swimming with tears — tenía los ojos inundados de lágrimas

- be swimming in money

3) (dizzily) (=reel) [room, head] dar vueltas

my head is swimming — me estoy mareando, me da vueltas la cabeza

everything swam before my eyes — todo parecía que daba vueltas ante mis ojos

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I
1. [swɪm]
(pres p swimming; past swam; past p swum) intransitive verb

1) \<\<person/animal/fish\>\> nadar

can you swim? — ¿sabes nadar?

are you going swimming? — ¿vas a ir a nadar?

he swam across the river — cruzó el río nadando or a nado

we had to swim for it — tuvimos que nadar para salvarnos

2)

a) ( float) flotar

b) (be immersed, overflowing) (usu in -ing form)

to swim IN something — nadar or flotar en algo

the tomatoes were swimming in oil — los tomates nadaban or flotaban en aceite

to swim WITH something: the bathroom floor was swimming with water — el suelo del baño estaba cubierto de agua

3) (of blurred, confused perceptions) dar* vueltas

my head was swimming — la cabeza me daba vueltas

2.

vt \<\<length\>\> nadar, hacer*; \<\<river\>\> cruzar* a nado

to swim breaststroke — nadar pecho or (Esp) a braza

II

noun

to go for a swim — ir* a nadar

to have a swim — nadar, bañarse, darse* un baño

it's a long swim to the island — hay que nadar un buen trecho para llegar a la isla

to be in the swim — estar* al tanto de lo que pasa, estar* en la onda (fam)

English-spanish dictionary > swim
6 swim

swim [swɪm] (pt swam [swæm], pp swum [swʌm], cont swimming)

1 intransitive verb

(a) (fish, animal) nager; (person → gen) nager; (→ for amusement) nager, se baigner; (→ for sport) nager, faire de la natation;

∎ to go swimming (gen) (aller) se baigner; (in swimming pool) aller à la piscine;

∎ to swim for one's country faire partie de l'équipe nationale de natation;

∎ we went swimming in the lake nous sommes allés nous baigner dans le lac;

∎ she's learning to swim elle apprend à nager;

∎ I can't swim! je ne sais pas nager!;

∎ the lake was too cold to swim in le lac était trop froid pour qu'on s'y baigne;

∎ to swim across a river traverser une rivière à la nage;

∎ to swim upstream/downstream monter/descendre le courant à la nage;

∎ she swam away from/back to the shore elle quitta/regagna la rive à la nage;

∎ he managed to swim to safety il a réussi à se sauver en nageant;

∎ the raft sank and they had to swim for it le radeau a coulé et ils ont été obligés de nager;

∎ also figurative to swim against the tide nager à contre-courant

(b) (be soaked) nager, baigner;

∎ the salad was swimming in oil la salade baignait dans l'huile;

∎ the kitchen floor was swimming with water le sol de la cuisine était inondé

(c) (spin)

∎ my head is swimming j'ai la tête qui tourne;

∎ everything swam before my eyes tout semblait tourner autour de moi

2 transitive verb

(a) (river, lake etc) traverser à la nage;

∎ she swam the (English) Channel elle a traversé la Manche à la nage

(b) (a stroke) nager;

∎ can you swim butterfly? est-ce que tu sais nager le papillon?

(c) (distance) nager;

∎ she swam ten lengths elle a fait dix longueurs

(d) (animal)

∎ they swam their horses across the river ils ont fait traverser la rivière à leurs chevaux (à la nage)

3 noun

(a) (for leisure) baignade f; (for exercise) nage f;

∎ to go for a swim (gen) (aller) se baigner; (in swimming pool) aller à la piscine;

∎ he had his morning swim il s'est baigné comme tous les matins;

∎ I feel like a swim j'ai envie d'aller me baigner;

∎ did you have a nice swim? (for leisure) tu t'es bien baigné?; (for exercise) tu as bien nagé?;

∎ it's a good twenty-minute swim out to the island il faut vingt bonnes minutes pour atteindre l'île à la nage;

∎ it was a long hard swim back to the shore ça a été long et difficile de regagner la rive à la nage

(b) familiar figurative

∎ to be in the swim (of things) être dans le coup

►► swim bladder vessie f natatoire

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7 nuotare

swim

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nuotare v. intr.

1 to swim*: nuotava sott'acqua, he swam under water; so nuotare a rana, a crawl, a farfalla, a dorso, a delfino, I can do the breaststroke, the crawl, the butterfly stroke, the backstroke, the dolphin; nuotare come un pesce, to swim like a fish; nuotare controcorrente, to swim against the stream; nuotare sul dorso, sul fianco, to swim on one's back, on one's side; nuotare come il piombo, (scherz.) to swim like a stone (o a brick) // i piedi gli nuotano nelle scarpe, he flops around in his shoes

2 ( di cose, essere immerse, galleggiare) to swim*: quelle patate nuotano nell'olio, those potatoes are swimming in oil // nuotare nell'aria, (fig.) to float

3 (fig.) ( sguazzare) to swim*, to roll, to wallow: nuotare nell'abbondanza, nell'oro, to be rolling (o to wallow) in money; nuotare nei debiti, to be deep in debt; nuotare nella gioia, to be overjoyed

◆ v.tr. (sport) to swim*: nuotare i 200 metri, to swim the 200 metres.

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[nwo'tare]
1. vi

(aus avere) to swim, (galleggiare: oggetti) to float

sai nuotare? — can you swim?

nuotare a rana/sul dorso — to do the breaststroke/backstroke

nuotare nell'oro — to be rolling in money

2. vt

to swim

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[nwo'tare] 1.
verbo transitivo to swim*

nuotare i cento metri — to swim the hundred metres
2.
verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

1) to swim*

nuotare a dorso, rana, farfalla — to do o swim the backstroke, breast stroke, butterfly (stroke)

2) fig.

nuotare nell'abbondanza — to be o live in clover

i pomodori nuotano nell'olio — the tomatoes are swimming in oil

nuotare nell'oro — to wallow in luxury, to be rolling in it

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nuotare

/nwo'tare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

to swim*; nuotare i cento metri to swim the hundred metres

II verbo intransitivo

(aus. avere)

1 to swim*; nuotare a dorso, rana, farfalla to do o swim the backstroke, breast stroke, butterfly (stroke)

2 fig. nuotare nell'abbondanza to be o live in clover; i pomodori nuotano nell'olio the tomatoes are swimming in oil; nuotare nell'oro to wallow in luxury, to be rolling in it.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > nuotare
8 farfalla

f butterfly

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farfalla s.f.

1 butterfly: retino per farfalle, butterfly net // farfalla di baco da seta, silk moth // farfalla notturna, moth // farfalla bianca, white cedar // farfalla gialla, sulphur // farfalla tartaruga, ( Nymphalis milberti) tortoiseshell butterfly // girare come la farfalla intorno al lume, to circle like a moth around a flame // andare a caccia di farfalle, (fig.) to go on a wild-goose chase // (sport) nuoto a farfalla, butterfly (stroke) // cravatta a farfalla, bow tie

2 (fig.) ( persona volubile e leggera) butterfly

3 (mecc.) valvola a farfalla, throttle valve

4 (scherz.) ( cambiale) draft, bill

5 (fam.) ( biglietto clandestino) secret note (passed between prisoners).

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[far'falla] 1.
sostantivo femminile

1) zool. butterfly

2) (nel nuoto) butterfly (stroke)

nuotare a farfalla — to do o swim the butterfly
2.
sostantivo femminile plurale farfalle gastr. bow pasta

farfalla notturna — moth

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farfalla

/far'falla/

I sostantivo f.

1 zool. butterfly

2 (nel nuoto) butterfly (stroke); nuotare a farfalla to do o swim the butterfly

II farfalle f.pl.

gastr. bow pasta

COMPOUNDS

farfalla notturna moth.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > farfalla
9 papillon

papillon [papijɔ̃]

masculine noun

   a. ( = insecte) butterfly

• papillon de nuit moth

   b. ( = contravention) (inf) parking ticket ; ( = autocollant) (inf) sticker

   c. (brasse) papillon ( = nage) butterfly (stroke)

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papijɔ̃
nom masculin

1) Zoologie butterfly

papillon de nuit — moth

2) (colloq) ( contravention) parking ticket

3) Sport

(brasse) papillon — butterfly (stroke)

4) ( écrou) wing nut

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papijɔ̃ nm
1) (= insecte) butterfly

2) * (= contravention) ticket, parking ticket

3) TECHNIQUE (= écrou) wing nut, butterfly nut

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papillon nm

1 Zool butterfly;

2 ○( contravention) parking ticket;

3 Sport (brasse) papillon butterfly (stroke); le 100 mètres papillon the 100 metres^GB butterfly; nager en papillon to swim the butterfly;

4 ( personne) ta sœur est un papillon your sister is flighty;

5 ( écrou) wing nut, butterfly nut;

6 Aut ( de carburation) butterfly valve.

Composés

papillon adhésif ( pour notes) self-stick note; ( pour affichage) sticker; papillon de nuit moth.

Idiome

minute papillon○ hang on a minute○.

[papijɔ̃] nom masculin

1. ENTOMOLOGIE butterfly

papillon de nuit moth

2. (familier) [contravention] (parking) ticket

3. (familier) [esprit volage]

c'est un (vrai) papillon he's fickle

4. TECHNOLOGIE [écrou] butterfly ou wing nut

[obturateur, clapet] butterfly valve

5. SPORT butterfly (stroke)

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > papillon
10 delfino

m dolphin

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delfino¹ s.m.

1 (zool.) ( Delphinus delphis) dolphin, porpoise // (astr.) ( il Delfino) the Dolphin (o Delphinus)

2 (sport) ( nuoto a) delfino, dolphin butterfly (stroke): nuotare a delfino, to swim dolphin butterfly; gara di 100 m delfino, 100 m dolphin butterfly.

delfino² s.m.

1 (st. francese) dauphin

2 (estens.) probable successor, heir apparent.

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I [del'fino] sm
Zool dolphin

nuotare a delfino Sport — to do the butterfly (stroke)
II [del'fino] sm
Storia dauphin, (fig : successore) probable successor

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[del'fino]
sostantivo maschile

1) zool. dolphin

2) (successore) heir apparent

3) stor. Dauphin

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delfino

/del'fino/

sostantivo m.

1 zool. dolphin

2 (successore) heir apparent

3 stor. Dauphin.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > delfino
11 nadar

v.

to swim (avanzar en el agua).

no sé nadar I can't swim

nadar contra corriente to go against the tide

nadan en deudas (figurative) they're up to their necks in debt

nadar entre dos aguas (figurative) to sit on the fence

nadar en la abundancia (figurative) to be living in the lap of luxury

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nadar

► verbo intransitivo

1 to swim

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FRASEOLOGÍA

nadar contra corriente figurado to go against the tide

nadar en la abundancia to be rolling in it, live in the lap of luxury

nadar entre dos aguas to sit on the fence

nadar y guardar la ropa to have one's cake and eat it, have it both ways

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verb

to swim

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VI

1) [gen] to swim; (=flotar) to float; And (=bañarse) to take a bath

¿no sabes nadar? — can't you swim?

nadar a braza — to do (the) breaststroke, swim breaststroke

nadar a crol — to do the crawl, swim crawl

nadar a espalda — to do backstroke, swim backstroke

nadar a mariposa — to do (the) butterfly, swim butterfly

- nadar contra corriente

- nadar en la abundancia

- querer nadar y guardar la ropa
agua
2) [en prenda, zapatos]

en estos pantalones va nadando — these trousers are much too big for him, he's lost inside these trousers

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) persona/pez to swim

¿sabes nadar? — can you swim?

nadar (estilo) mariposa — to do (the) butterfly

b) ramas/hojas ( flotar) to float

2)

a) ( quedar grande) (+ me/te/le etc)

esa falda te nada — that skirt's much o far too big for you

b) ( en un espacio)

nadábamos en esa casa tan grande — we were lost in that great big house

3) nadar en ( tener mucho)

nadar en dinero — to be rolling in money (colloq)

el pollo nadaba en grasa — the chicken was swimming in grease
2.
nadar vt to swim

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= swim.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado swam, participio swum.

Ex. Only the dead fish swim with the current.

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* gafas para nadar = swimming goggles.

* nadar como un pez = swim like + a fish.

* nadar entre dos aguas = sit on + the fence, fall between + two stools.

* nadar largos = swim + laps.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) persona/pez to swim

¿sabes nadar? — can you swim?

nadar (estilo) mariposa — to do (the) butterfly

b) ramas/hojas ( flotar) to float

2)

a) ( quedar grande) (+ me/te/le etc)

esa falda te nada — that skirt's much o far too big for you

b) ( en un espacio)

nadábamos en esa casa tan grande — we were lost in that great big house

3) nadar en ( tener mucho)

nadar en dinero — to be rolling in money (colloq)

el pollo nadaba en grasa — the chicken was swimming in grease
2.
nadar vt to swim

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= swim.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado swam, participio swum.

Ex: Only the dead fish swim with the current.

* gafas para nadar = swimming goggles.

* nadar como un pez = swim like + a fish.

* nadar entre dos aguas = sit on + the fence, fall between + two stools.

* nadar largos = swim + laps.

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nadar [A1 ]

vi

A

1 «persona/pez» to swim

¿sabes nadar? can you swim?

nada como un pez she swims like a fish

nadar (estilo) pecho or ( Esp) a braza to do (the) breaststroke, to swim breaststroke

2 «ramas/hojas» (flotar) to float

B

1

«prenda» (quedar grande) (+ me/te/le etc): esa falda te nada that skirt's much o far too big for you

2

(en una prenda, un espacio): nadábamos en esa casa tan grande we were lost in that great big house

mis sillones van a quedar nadando en esta sala my armchairs are going to look lost in this room

C nadar en

(tener mucho): nadan en dinero they're rolling in money ( colloq)

el pollo nadaba en grasa the chicken was swimming in grease

con las obras en casa estamos nadando en mugre/polvo with all the work going on the house is filthy/covered in dust

■ nadar

vt

to swim

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nadar ( conjugate nadar) verbo intransitivo
a) [persona/pez] to swim;

◊ ¿sabes nadar? can you swim?;

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

c)

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

el pollo nadaba en grasa the chicken was swimming in grease
verbo transitivo
to swim
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
' nadar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bañarse
- braza
- dar
- flotador
- gustar
- manguito
- mía
- mío
- saber
- tabla
- abundancia
- brazada
- corcho
- desnudo
- gorro
- lunes
- mariposa
- ser
English:
ashore
- crawl
- fence
- go
- neither
- nor
- roll
- swim
- swimming
- can
- fashion
- game
- miss
- non-
- warn

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nadar vi

1. [avanzar en el agua] to swim;

no sé nadar I can't swim;
Esp
nadar a braza, Am [m5] nadar pecho to do the breaststroke;
Esp
nadar a espalda, Andes, CAm, Carib, RP [m5]nadar espalda, Méx [m5] nadar de dorso to do the backstroke;
Esp
nadar a mariposa, Am [m5] nadar mariposa to do the butterfly;

nadar contra corriente to go against the tide;

Comp

nadar en la abundancia to be living in the lap of luxury;

Comp

nadan en deudas they're up to their necks in debt;

Comp

nadar entre dos aguas to sit on the fence;

Comp
Fam
nadar y guardar la ropa to have your cake and eat it

2. [flotar] to float

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nadar

v/i swim;

nadar y guardar la ropa fig have one’s cake and eat it;

nadar en dinero fig be rolling in money

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nadar vi

1) : to swim

2)

nadar en : to be swimming in, to be rolling in

nadar vt

: to swim

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nadar vb to swim [pt. swam; pp. swum]

¿sabes nadar? can you swim?

ir a nadar to go swimming

nadar braza to do the breaststroke

nadar crol to do the crawl

nadar espalda to do the backstroke

nadar mariposa to do the butterfly

Spanish-English dictionary > nadar
12 nuoto

m swimming

attraversare la Manica a nuoto swim across the Channel

nuoto sincronizzato synchronized swimming

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nuoto s.m. swimming: nuoto a rana, a crawl, a farfalla, a dorso, a delfino, breaststroke, crawl, butterfly stroke, backstroke, dolphin; nuoto sincronizzato, synchronized swimming; gara di nuoto, swimming race: partecipare a una gara di nuoto, to swim in a race; lezioni di nuoto, swimming lessons; scuola di nuoto, swimming school; sono andato a nuoto fino a quell'isola, I swam to that island; passare un lago, un fiume a nuoto, to swim across a lake, a river: far passare a nuoto un cavallo attraverso un fiume, to swim a horse across a river; salvarsi a nuoto, to swim to safety; tentare di salvarsi a nuoto, to swim for one's life.

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['nwɔto]
sostantivo maschile

1) (il nuotare)

raggiungere la riva a nuoto — to swim ashore

attraversare un fiume a nuoto — to swim across a river

2) (sport) swimming

fare una gara di nuoto — to swim in a race

•

nuoto a cagnolino — dog paddle

nuoto a farfalla — butterfly stroke

nuoto a rana — breast stroke

nuoto sincronizzato — synchronized swimming

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nuoto

/'nwɔto/ ⇒ 10

sostantivo m.

1 (il nuotare) raggiungere la riva a nuoto to swim ashore; attraversare un fiume a nuoto to swim across a river

2 (sport) swimming; fare una gara di nuoto to swim in a race

COMPOUNDS

nuoto a cagnolino dog paddle; nuoto a farfalla butterfly stroke; nuoto a rana breast stroke; nuoto sincronizzato synchronized swimming.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > nuoto
13 brasse

brasse [bʀas]

feminine noun

( = nage) brasse (coulée) breast-stroke

• brasse papillon butterfly

• nager la brasse to swim breast-stroke

• faire quelques brasses to do a few strokes

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bʀas
nom féminin Sport ( style) breaststroke; ( mouvement) stroke

à la brasse — in breaststroke

Phrasal Verbs:

- brasse papillon

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bʀas nf
1) (= nage) breaststroke

nager la brasse — to do the breaststroke

2) (= mesure) fathom

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brasse nf

1 Sport ( style) breaststroke; ( mouvement) stroke; faire/nager la brasse to do/swim breaststroke; à la brasse in breaststroke; traverser en cinq brasses to cross in five strokes;

2 Hist (160 cm) ≈ 2 yards.

Composés

brasse anglaise Naut fathom; brasse coulée Sport racing breaststroke; brasse papillon Sport butterfly (stroke).

[bras] nom féminin

1. SPORT breaststroke

elle traverse la piscine en 10 brasses she can cross the swimming pool in 10 strokes (doing the breaststroke)

brasse papillon butterfly (stroke)

2. [mesure] 5 feet

NAUTIQUE fathom

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > brasse
14 braza

f.

1 breaststroke (sport). (peninsular Spanish)

nadar a braza to do the breaststroke

2 fathom.

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braza

► nombre femenino

1 (medida) fathom

2 (natación) breaststroke

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SF

1) (Natación) breaststroke

nadar a braza — to swim breaststroke

braza de espalda — back stroke

braza de mariposa — butterfly stroke

2) (Náut) ≈ fathom

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femenino (Esp)

1) ( en natación) breaststroke

nadar a braza — to swim (the) breaststroke

2) ( medida) fathom

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= fathom.

Ex. It is easy to roughly measure a length of rope as a number of fathoms by repeatedly stretching the rope between the two outstretched arms.

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femenino (Esp)

1) ( en natación) breaststroke

nadar a braza — to swim (the) breaststroke

2) ( medida) fathom

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= fathom.

Ex: It is easy to roughly measure a length of rope as a number of fathoms by repeatedly stretching the rope between the two outstretched arms.

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braza

feminine

A (en natación) breaststroke

nadar a braza to swim (the) breaststroke

B (medida) fathom

C (cabo) brace

Compuesto:

braza (de) mayor

mainbrace

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braza sustantivo femenino (Esp) ( en natación) breaststroke;
◊ nadar a braza to swim (the) breaststroke

braza sustantivo femenino
1 (medida) fathom
2 (en natación) breaststroke
nadar a braza, to swim breaststroke

' braza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estilo
English:
breaststroke
- fathom
- breast

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braza nf

1. Esp [en natación] breaststroke;

nadar a braza to do the breaststroke;

los 100 metros braza the 100-metres breaststroke

2. [medida] fathom

3. Náut [cabo] brace

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braza

f

1 en natación breaststroke

2 MAR fathom

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braza nf

1) : breaststroke

2) : fathom (unit of length)

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braza n breaststroke

nadar a braza to do the breaststroke

Spanish-English dictionary > braza
15 nado

nado

FRASEOLOGÍA

a nado swimming

■ cruzaron el río a nado they swam across the river

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SM

cruzar o pasar a nado — to swim across

nado sincronizado — LAm synchronized swimming

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masculino

1) (Méx, Ven) ( natación) swimming

tiene el récord en nado de pecho — he holds the breaststroke record

- nado sincronizado

2)

a nado: fueron hasta las rocas a nado they swam out to the rocks; cruzó el río a nado — he swam across the river

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masculino

1) (Méx, Ven) ( natación) swimming

tiene el récord en nado de pecho — he holds the breaststroke record

- nado sincronizado

2)

a nado: fueron hasta las rocas a nado they swam out to the rocks; cruzó el río a nado — he swam across the river

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nado

masculine

A (Méx, Ven) (natación) swimming

tiene el récord en nado de pecho he holds the breaststroke record

tiene muy buen or bonito nado she's a very good swimmer

Compuesto:

nado sincronizado

( Méx) synchronized swimming

B

a nado: fueron hasta las rocas a nado they swam out to the rocks

cruzaron el río a nado they swam across the river

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Del verbo nadar: ( conjugate nadar)

nado es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

nadó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
nadar
nado
nadar ( conjugate nadar) verbo intransitivo
a) [persona/pez] to swim;

◊ ¿sabes nado? can you swim?;

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

c)

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

el pollo nadaba en grasa the chicken was swimming in grease
verbo transitivo
to swim
nado sustantivo masculino
a)

◊ a nado: cruzó el río a nado he swam across the river

b) (Méx, Ven) ( natación) swimming

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
nado (a) locución adverbial swimming: cruzó a nado el estrecho, he swam across the strait
' nado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
empeñarse
- atravesar
English:
swim

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nado nm
Méx, RP, Ven [natación] swimming;
cruzaron a nado el canal they swam across the canal;

llegaron a nado hasta la orilla they swam to the shore

Comp
nado sincronizado synchronized swimming
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nado

m

1 L.Am.

swimming

2

:

atravesar a nado swim across

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nado nm

1) Mex : swimming

2)

a nado : swimming

cruzó el río a nado: he swam across the river

Spanish-English dictionary > nado
16 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.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: nadar.

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nada

► pronombre

1 nothing

■ no quiero nada I don't want anything

■ (no hay) nada como... there's nothing like...

■ no hace nada que lo vi por aquí I saw him round here just a minute ago

■ ¿te has hecho daño? --no, no ha sido nada did you hurt yourself? --no, I'm all right thank you

► adverbio

1 (not) at all

■ no me gusta nada I don't like it at all

■ no la veo nada cambiada she hasn't changed at all

► nombre femenino

1 nothingness

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FRASEOLOGÍA

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

■ es una tontería de nada it's nothing much

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!

■ no quiero llantos ni nada de eso I don't want any crying or anything of that sort

nada más... as soon as..., no sooner...

■ nada más verlo quiso comprarlo as soon as he saw it he wanted to buy it

■ nada más llegar se puso a llover no sooner had we arrived than it started to rain

nada menos que no less than

■ está aquí nada menos que el presidente the president himself is here no less

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!

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1. noun f.
1) nothingness

2) naught
2. adv.
not at all

- casi nada
- de nada 3. pron.
nothing, anything

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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 encontrarás nada que te guste — you won't find anything you like

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"

no entiende nada — he doesn't understand a thing o anything

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

no tiene nada de particular — there's nothing special about it

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

no creo que nada de eso te convenga — I don't think that's what you want at all

¡nada de eso! — not a bit of it!

¡nada de marcharse! — forget about leaving!

nada de nada — absolutely nothing, nothing at all

- ¡de eso nada, monada!

- esto y nada, es lo mismo
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

a la cocina no le falta de nada — the kitchen has everything

• 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 sirves para nada — you're utterly useless

no sirve de nada que os quejéis — there's no point in you complaining

• 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

se fue antes de nada — she left almost at once

• 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

le dijo que estaba despedido y se quedó como si nada — she told him he was fired and he didn't even bat an eyelid

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

fue una mentira de nada — it was only a little lie

¡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

son las siete nada más — it's only seven o'clock

quiero uno nada más — I only want one

encendió la tele nada más llegar — he turned on the TV as soon as he got in

ocurrió nada más iniciado el partido — it happened just after the beginning of the game

estas flores aparecen nada más terminado el invierno — these flowers come out just after the winter o as soon as the winter is over

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

entró nada menos que el rey — who should come in but the king!

• ni nada — or anything

es raro que no haya llamado ni nada — it's odd that she hasn't called or anything

no quiere comer ni nada — he won't even eat

pues no es feo ni nada — iró he's not ugly... much!

• para nada — at all

no los mencionó para nada — he never mentioned them 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 me subiría a un avión por nada del mundo — I wouldn't get on a plane for anything in the world

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

no por nada decidimos comprar — we had good reason to buy

por nada y menos puedes hacerte un vestido — you can make your own dress for next to nothing

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

por menos de nada — for two pins

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

treinta-nada — thirty-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

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all

no está nada triste — he isn't sad at all

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

3.

SF

la nada — the void

el avión pareció salir de la nada — the aircraft seemed to come from nowhere

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I
pronombre

1)

a) nothing

es mejor que nada — it's better than nothing

de nada sirve que le compres libros — there's no point in buying him books

antes que or de nada — first of all

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

no quiere nada — he doesn't want anything

no sirves para nada! — you're useless

no se hizo nada — he wasn't hurt

perdón! - no fue nada — sorry! - that's all right

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

sin decir nada — without a word

nadie me dio nada — nobody gave me anything

sin nada de azúcar — without any sugar at all

no tiene nada de gracia — it's not at all funny

b) (en locs)

de nada — you're welcome

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)

a) ( ninguna cosa)

antes de que digas nada — before you say anything

b) ( muy poco)

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

en nada de tiempo — in no time at all

la compraron por nada — they bought it for next to nothing

llora por nada — she cries at the slightest little thing

dentro de nada — very soon

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

quince-nada — fifteen-love
II
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
III
femenino

1) (Fil)

la nada — nothing

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

surgió de la nada — it came out of nowhere

2) (Méx, RPl fam) ( pequeña cantidad)

una nada de sal — a tiny pinch of salt

una nada de agua — a tiny drop of water

* * *

= 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
pronombre

1)

a) nothing

es mejor que nada — it's better than nothing

de nada sirve que le compres libros — there's no point in buying him books

antes que or de nada — first of all

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

no quiere nada — he doesn't want anything

no sirves para nada! — you're useless

no se hizo nada — he wasn't hurt

perdón! - no fue nada — sorry! - that's all right

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

sin decir nada — without a word

nadie me dio nada — nobody gave me anything

sin nada de azúcar — without any sugar at all

no tiene nada de gracia — it's not at all funny

b) (en locs)

de nada — you're welcome

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)

a) ( ninguna cosa)

antes de que digas nada — before you say anything

b) ( muy poco)

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

en nada de tiempo — in no time at all

la compraron por nada — they bought it for next to nothing

llora por nada — she cries at the slightest little thing

dentro de nada — very soon

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

quince-nada — fifteen-love
II
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
III
femenino

1) (Fil)

la nada — nothing

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

surgió de la nada — it came out of nowhere

2) (Méx, RPl fam) ( pequeña cantidad)

una nada de sal — a tiny pinch of salt

una nada de agua — a tiny drop of water

* * *

= 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.

* * *

nada¹

pronoun

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

sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less

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

nada²

adverb

[ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

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)

nada³

feminine

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:
nada
nadar
nada pronombre
1
a) nothing;

◊ es mejor que nada it's better than nothing;

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)

◊ de nada you're welcome;

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;
◊ quince-nada fifteen-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

* * *

nada

♦ 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

* * *

nada

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

no le ha gustado nada she didn't like it at all

nada² pron

1. nothing / not... anything

Con el verbo en afirmativo se utiliza nothing

no hay nada, está vacío there's nothing there, it's empty

no tengo nada que hacer I've got nothing to do

Con el verbo en negativo se utiliza anything

dijo que no quería nada she said she didn't want anything

no se me ocurre nada I can't think of anything

2. (en tenis) love

quince nada fifteen love

de nada (como respuesta) you're welcome / don't mention it (sin importancia) little / slight

un retraso de nada a slight delay

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 (eso es todo) that's all (sólo) only / just

era estúpido nada más he was just stupid

nada más... as soon as...

nada más entrar, vi a Fernando I saw Fernando as soon as I went in

Spanish-English dictionary > nada
17 nada

Del verbo nadar: ( conjugate nadar) \ \
nada es: \ \
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries: nada nadar
nada pronombre 1
a) nothing;

◊ es mejor que nada it's better than nothing;
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)

◊ de nada you're welcome;
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;
◊ quince-nada fifteen-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

['nɑːdǝ]
PRON (=nothing) na *

English-spanish dictionary > nada
18 nado

Del verbo nadar: ( conjugate nadar) \ \
nado es: \ \
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

nadó es: \ \
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries: nadar nado
nadar ( conjugate nadar) verbo intransitivo
a) [persona/pez] to swim;

◊ ¿sabes nado? can you swim?;
nado (estilo) mariposa/pecho to do (the) butterfly/breaststroke; nado de espalda or (Méx) de dorso to do (the) back stroke
b) [ramas/hojas] ( flotar) to float

c)

◊ nadar en ( tener mucho): nado en dinero to be rolling in money (colloq);
el pollo nadaba en grasa the chicken was swimming in grease verbo transitivo to swim
nado sustantivo masculino
a)

◊ a nado: cruzó el río a nado he swam across the river

b) (Méx, Ven) ( natación) swimming

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
nado (a) locución adverbial swimming: cruzó a nado el estrecho, he swam across the strait ' nado' also found in these entries: Spanish: empeñarse - atravesar English: swim

English-spanish dictionary > nado
19 nadar

nadar ( conjugate nadar) verbo intransitivo
a) [persona/pez] to swim;

◊ ¿sabes nadar? can you swim?;
nadar (estilo) mariposa/pecho to do (the) butterfly/breaststroke; nadar de espalda or (Méx) de dorso to do (the) back stroke
b) [ramas/hojas] ( flotar) to float

c)

◊ nadar en ( tener mucho): nadar en dinero to be rolling in money (colloq);
el pollo nadaba en grasa the chicken was swimming in grease verbo transitivo to swim
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 ' nadar' also found in these entries: Spanish: bañarse - braza - dar - flotador - gustar - manguito - mía - mío - saber - tabla - abundancia - brazada - corcho - desnudo - gorro - lunes - mariposa - ser English: ashore - crawl - fence - go - neither - nor - roll - swim - swimming - can - fashion - game - miss - non- - warn

English-spanish dictionary > nadar
20 nuotare a dorso, rana, farfalla

nuotare a dorso, rana, farfalla

to do o swim the backstroke, breast stroke, butterfly (stroke)

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→ nuotare

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > nuotare a dorso, rana, farfalla

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