How do you say "Aughts" or "Oughts" in Spanish?

Question

I was wondering how you say "aughts" or "oughts" in Spanish? I'm looking for the equivalent of this English definition:

aughts pl. The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Aught = at all = todo - del todo

naught/nothing = nada/cero

Thanks, chileno. The answer I was looking for was "cero". - Helind, Nov 18, 2014

Answer 2

I can't think of any way other then the use of década. Decade.

En la década de los sesentas.

o decena de un siglo? - annierats, Nov 11, 2014

Answer 3

Very unusual question. I have pasted a link about the discussion of the 2 words "aught" and "naught" which both have become, in my opinion, obsolete in spoken English. Regarding the reference to years, I can't answer if there is a Spanish expression that is equivalent. Hopefully a native speaker (txustaboy?) will answer about it. I'll watch this for further development. Good luck!

Aught and naught

So what am I? Chopped liver? You are right about "obsolete" Check out my answer below and see if have come close. - Daniela2041, Nov 12, 2014

I think that "nada" is the cognate of naught, but I need to research it. - Daniela2041, Nov 12, 2014

Answer 4

¡Uf! I can't answer this with any authority. As far as I have learned, "aught" has two meanings. Something to do with zeros. The other meaning is "nada" The relative word is "naught"

Editing time:

I just remembered that one of the meanings of "aught" is its Spanish cognate "algo" The Bible says, "If one has "aught against his neighbor......." In Spanish this would be. Si uno tiene algo en contra de su vecino....."

Por eso no tengo nada que decir sobre este asunto.. No es verdad. Sí que tengo algo (aught) que decir sobre este asunto. Orale. .

This may not help anybody, but it was fun trying.

D

Answer 5

Wordreferece agrees with Daniela:

aught n archaic (anything, all) cualquier cosa

Her translation of the Bible is precise. Nevertheless, oughts means any forme.

tustaboy: I think "forme" is a type. What did you mean? - Daniela2041, Nov 16, 2014

I mean ""typo" Ay! I make them all the time. - Daniela2041, Nov 16, 2014

Answer 6

According to Word Reference, it looks like it's probably "los ceros":

http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=ought