Use of "nada" in meaning of "not at all"

Question

I was wondering if anyone could answer my extended question- how to say "not at all" in the case of expressions like "I don't eat meat at all." I know that you use nada, but I'm not sure of the correct use, such as if it has to be a negative statement, if it needs a preposition in some cases, if it needs a noun to precede it, etc. Am I using it right?:

-No me importa nada

-No me importa de nada

-No me importa a nada

-No me importa en nada

-No como nada

-No como carne nada

-No puedo comer nada

-No quiero ir nada

No quiero ir nada is incorrect ( I think, I can't understand it anyway). - annierats, May 5, 2013

Answer 1

The choice of nada or para nada can depend on the verb. No me importa nada / para nada mean the same I don´t care at all, but no como para nada would mean I don´t ever eat and no como nada means I don´t eat / am not eating anything (at the moment).

Muchas gracias Julian, now I understand its use much better, and to simply improve my own use by mimicking the colloquial use of it. - redstone, May 5, 2013

Answer 2

Redstone, using "nada" in that way it's not completely correct, you should use "para nada", as a synonym of "nothing at all"!

I'm looking around and I've seen it often used like "Manuel no trabaja nada" As in Manuel doesn't work (not a bit). - redstone, May 5, 2013

Answer 3

I was tought, and have since heard, ¨No ... ... ... para nada¨ for ¨I don´t ... ... ... at all¨

*taught - jessicamccall117, May 5, 2013

Answer 4

Here is a nice song, to help:

Pero esta noche no me importa nada,

no me importa nada.

Si invade Japón o se rinden en la Habana.

Si eres mormón o vas a la musulmana.

Si vienes de luto:

o eres medio Puto

Porque esta noche no me importa nada.

Answer 5

These would be correct "No me importa nada" "No me importa para nada" "No como nada" "No como carne nunca" "No como nada de carne" "No puedo comer nada" "No quiero ir para nada"