nonada
Portuguese, noun/noˈna.dɐ/
nonada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a thing or event of little or no importance or value” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coisa de nada, de nenhuma importância, de pouca expressão ou valia; insignificância, ninharia, ridicularia…”.
What does nonada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea thing or event of little or no importance or value
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coisa de nada, de nenhuma importância, de pouca expressão ou valia; insignificância, ninharia, ridicularia, nica, bagatela 2. zé-ninguém; pessoa sem importância
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.
Forms of nonada
- nonadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nonada?
- Brazil /noˈna.dɐ/
- Portugal /nuˈna.dɐ/
- Portugal [nuˈna.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nonada in Portuguese?
nonada appears about once in every 79 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).