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do nada

Portuguese, adverb

do nada is a Portuguese adverb meaning “happening quickly and without warning; suddenly; unexpectedly; out of nowhere; out of the blue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does do nada mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    happening quickly and without warning; suddenly; unexpectedly; out of nowhere; out of the blue

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. de maneira que se procede do estado em que não há ou existe 2. sem justificativa, sem razão, sem motivo aparente e/ou repentinamente

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.