nada
Portuguese, pronoun/ˈna.dɐ/
nada is spelled N-A-D-A (4 letters) and appears 977 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 94th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nada is a Portuguese pronoun meaning “nothing (not any thing; no thing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of nadar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nenhum objeto”.
What does nada mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
nothing (not any thing; no thing)
Não consigo ver nada.
adverb
- 1
to no extent; in no way; not at all
Não estou nada feliz com as tuas acções.
- 2
emphasises that a statement is false
Ele pagou pelo jantar nada.
noun
- 1
masculinenothingness (the state of not existing)
- 2
masculinethe void (the vacuum of space)
- 3
masculinea very small amount
Ele pôs um nada de sal na comida.
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of nado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. não 2. de modo nenhum
pronoun: 1. nenhum objeto
noun: 1. ausência de quantidade 2. a não existência 3. bagatela
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo nadar
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.
How do you pronounce nada?
- Brazil /ˈna.dɐ/
- Portugal /ˈna.dɐ/
- Portugal [ˈna.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nada in Portuguese?
nada appears 977 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).