What is nada menos?
El texto es:
----Mira, la Televisión nos invita a representar algunos números, bueno, cosas de España o de América Latina.¿ Puedes enseñarnos a bailar flamenco?
---- ¡ Enseñaros a bailar flamenco nada menos! Pero muchachos,eso es algo muy difícil, y además, tampoco sé.¿ Por qué no hacemos algo más sencillo? Sevillanas,por ejemplo.
I know it means NO LESS,But what does nada menos here in this sentence?
8 Answers
Usually it is "nothing less", but in this sentence if may be "no less" in English.
I don't understand your question at all, if you know what it means. The discussion I cited tells you its meaning if you translate it as "nothing less".
Hola Seasonses :
Significa:
Me pedís que os enseñe a bailar flamenco, de entre todas las cosas que me podíais pedir, habéis elegido esta que es de las más difíciles y complicadas que me podíais pedir.
La expresión ¡nada menos! se utiliza para darle más énfasis a la frase, para resaltar el hecho de que están pidiendo algo muy complicado.
This is in the sense of "nothing less"
You ask me to teach you to dance Flamenco, out of all of the things that you could ask of me, you have asked this, that is one of the most difficult and complicated that you could ask for.
The expression ¡nada menos! is used to give emphasis to the sentence, in order to highlight the fact that you are asking something very complicated.
If you think about it literally, to say you will do no less or nothing less than something, it is implying that that something that you will do is a big/hard/tough thing.
I shall climb Everest no less. I shall do no lesser a thing than climb Everest.
It might look odd if it is a new phrase for you.
In the above sentence, the speaker is doubting the claim that you can learn to dance Flamenco from the television or at least making it out to be a grand claim.
'Teach you to dance Flamenco no less.' As in 'teach you no lesser a thing than to dance Flamenco.' 'Teach you such a difficult thing as Flamenco.'
Hope that helps,
Alex
It might help to know that in English, "no less" can have an idiomatic meaning. It indicates surprise. I imagine it is the same in Spanish.
Keep in mind there is also the normal meaning, too, (he has no less than three dogs), which I don't think is intended in this sentence.
Voy a comer una manzana, nada menos.
Does it mean, I will eat only one apple, if it's more than one, I couldn't handle?
No, it means that I will eat at least one apple...nothing less than that.
The English "I'm going to eat an apple, no less" would also mean that but could also imply (but doesn't necessarily imply) that it is somehow surprising or highly unusual that I would eat an apple. I think the Spanish might also be able to imply that, too.
¡ Enseñaros a bailar flamenco nada menos! Pero muchachos,eso es algo muy difícil, y además, tampoco sé.¿ Por qué no hacemos algo más sencillo? Sevillanas,por ejemplo.
Teach you guys to dance the Flamenco, no less! But, guys, that is very difficult, and, besides, I don't know how to do it either. Why don't we do something easier? The Sevillanas, for example.
Voy a comer una manzana, nada menos.
Does it mean, I will eat only one apple, if it's more than one, I couldn't handle?
Can I change into "Enseñaros a bailar flamenco nada más!" Or not?
Can you please translate this sentence to me in English?
"Enseñaros a bailar flamenco nada menos! "
