Nada en absoluto VS no en absoluto VS en absoluto

Question

Nada en absoluto VS no en absoluto VS en absoluto

Not at all, absolutely not, absolutely not.

Are they all just the same thing?

En absoluto and No en absoluto are both negative, absolutely not.

Nada en absoluto is not at all, but can the above mean that too? They just all mean the same? Gracias

Answer 1

There are different uses for "absoluto", which vary with context. It works very much the same way as "absolutely" in English:

"¿Importa si voy a tu fiesta con una camisa azul o una marrón?" "No importa nada en absoluto" - Not at all.

"¿Vale la pena que compre una actualización a Windows Vista? - ¡No en lo absoluto! Compra Windows 7 (o mejor, compra una Mac )" - Absolutely not

"Absolutamente", all by itself, generally means an affirmation:

"¿Tú dirías que Jeezle es un tipo curioso? ¡Absolutamente!" (Absolutely - heck yeah!)

"¿Tú crees que Heidita se molestaría si copio lo que dice el traductor en línea? ¡Absolutamente!" - You betcha!

"¿Te parece que Gekkosan puede tener algún defecto? ¡Absolutamente que no!!"

Answer 2

what about nada VS no, they don't make a difference there right, same thing?

Lorenzo's answer is good to explain this: If you take "En absoluto" to mean "absolutely not", then "nada en absoluto" is a double negative: "It bothers me none at all" ¡No me importa nada en absoluto! (actually, a triple negative there!)

"Absolutamente no" is a very emphatic no: "Absolutely no" Both expressions can be used interchangeable oftentimes, but not always.

For example:

"Dime cuánto te gusta lel género de "gangsta rap": "¡Absolutamente nada!" You cannot say "Absolutamente no" here. But you could say: "¡En lo absoluto!"

Answer 3

Well, two things:

1. I see what you mean with absoluto but what about nada VS no, they don't make a difference there right, same thing?
2. You say: ¿Importa si voy a tu fiesta con una camisa azul o una marrón? Does this mean wear, are you using IR to mean wear here? Why would you go with a couple of shirts? I think of traer, usar, vestir, llevar, ponerse, for wear, can you just say IR CON and mean wear? Gracias.

That expression implies wear: Does it matter to you whether I go to your party wearing a blue shirt of a brown shirt? - Gekkosan, May 24, 2011

Answer 4

"En absoluto" means absolutely not. The rest is just the usual Spanish double negative.