what a fuss (about nothing)!

storia d'amore — love affair o story

è una vecchia storia — that's ancient o past history, that's old hat

raccontare -e — to tell tales o fibs

sono tutte -e! — that's all fiction o rubbish!

fare un sacco di -e per — to make a fuss about o over

non... niente — nothing, espressione negativa + anything

hai bisogno di o ti serve niente? — do you need anything?

niente al mondo — nothing on earth o in the world

nient'altro? — (in negozio) is that all?, will that be all?

nient'altro che — nothing but, (solamente) just, only

niente meno — nientemeno

non... per niente — (affatto) not...at all

ho 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

niente di meno, di più — nothing less, nothing more (di, che than)

niente di meglio, di peggio — nothing better, worse (di, che than)

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

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

la cosa non mi riguarda per niente — that doesn't concern me at all o in any way

non ho niente fame — colloq. I'm not at all hungry

è venuto su dal niente — fig. he is a self-made man

viel Geschréí um etw machen — to kick up (inf) or make a big fuss about sth

ein großes Geschréí erheben — to set up a cry; (fig) to raise an outcry

ein großes Geschrei wegen etwas machen — make or kick up a great fuss about something; make a great to-do about something

ein großes Geschrei wegen etwas machen — make or kick up a great fuss about something; make a great to-do about something

Ex: Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

из него выйдет хороший трубач (о возможности человека) — he will make a good trumpet-player

¡es un escándalo! — it's outrageous o shocking!

precios de escándalo — (=caros) outrageous prices; (=baratos) amazing prices

un resultado de escándalo — (=malo) a scandalous result; (=bueno) a great result, an outstanding result

armar un escándalo — to make a scene, cause a row o an uproar

qué escándalo! qué manera de vestir! — what a shocking o an outrageous way to dress!

no armen or hagan tanto escándalo — don't make such a racket o row (colloq)

cuando lo sepa va a armar un escándalo — when she finds out she'll kick up a fuss o she'll create a scene (colloq)

qué escándalo! qué manera de vestir! — what a shocking o an outrageous way to dress!

no armen or hagan tanto escándalo — don't make such a racket o row (colloq)

cuando lo sepa va a armar un escándalo — when she finds out she'll kick up a fuss o she'll create a scene (colloq)

Ex: Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

ya hemos acabado el aceite — we've used up o finished the oil

• acabar con —

hemos acabado con todas las provisiones — we've exhausted o used up all our supplies

cuando acabe con ella, te lavo la cabeza — when I'm done o finished with her, I'll wash your hair

¡acabemos con él! — let's do away with him! *

• acabar de hacer algo —

la palabra acaba con o por "z" — the word ends in a "z"

• acabar en algo — to end in sth

¿cuánto hace que acabaste con ella? — how long is it since you split up with o finished with her?

acabáramos! — (fam) now I get it! (colloq)

esto puede acabar mal — things could turn nasty o get ugly

acabar + ger o acabar por + inf — to end up -ing

acabarán aceptándolo o por aceptarlo — they'll end up accepting it

acabar con alguien — ( pelearse) to finish with somebody; ( matar) to do away with somebody (colloq)

para acabar de arreglarlo se puso a llover — to top o cap it all it started to rain

es un trabajo que no se acaba nunca — it's a never-ending o an endless task

y (san) se acabó — (fam) and that's that

se fue acabando poco a poco — her life's breath slowly ebbed away (liter)

se acabó en ese trabajo — that job finished him off (colloq)

acabáramos! — (fam) now I get it! (colloq)

esto puede acabar mal — things could turn nasty o get ugly

acabar + ger o acabar por + inf — to end up -ing

acabarán aceptándolo o por aceptarlo — they'll end up accepting it

acabar con alguien — ( pelearse) to finish with somebody; ( matar) to do away with somebody (colloq)

para acabar de arreglarlo se puso a llover — to top o cap it all it started to rain

es un trabajo que no se acaba nunca — it's a never-ending o an endless task

y (san) se acabó — (fam) and that's that

se fue acabando poco a poco — her life's breath slowly ebbed away (liter)

se acabó en ese trabajo — that job finished him off (colloq)

Ex: Each field also ends with a special delimiter, which signals the end of the fields.

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

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

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

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

• hace nada — just a moment ago

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

• quedar(se) en nada — to come to nothing

• no reparar en nada — to stop at nothing

• no servir para nada — to be utterly useless

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

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

• a cada nada — LAm * constantly

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

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

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

• 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"

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...

• ni nada — or anything

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

• para nada — at all

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

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

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

antes que or de nada — first of all

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

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

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

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

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