Nada(Nothing,Anything)????

Question

Nada means nothing, but can nada also mean anything Él no compra nada tampoco. He doesn't buy anything either.

Answer 1

Correct,

He doesn't buy anything

El no compra nada.

Not that regularly "anything" means "nada", but in this particular situation it does.

Answer 2

No hay nada - there isn't anything or there is nothing

Yeah it can be both

But you don't use nada when you mean anything, only when you mean not anything. - Leatha, Apr 10, 2011

Answer 3

In Spanish, if a sentence is negative, everything has to be negative, so while we would say "he doesn't buy anything" they say "no compra nada".

It's not like in English where two negatives contradict each other and make a positive - "he doesn't buy nothing" = he buys something

Have a look at this article . I think it explains it pretty well .

Answer 4

The "doesn't" makes the sentence negative so the Spanish is saying "he buys nothing"

no help - Keera1, Apr 10, 2011