Help with word order in translation; Which is correct?

Question

I'm trying to say "No, nothing interesting happened." Would it be "No, nada interesante pasó" or "No, no pasó nada interesante"? Or would it be something completely different?

Thanks. The grammar of negative phrases in Spanish is a difficult concept for me.

Welcome to SpanishDict. Is this homework? - rac1, Jun 30, 2017

More or less. It's not directly graded, but it's from an activity in my college Spanish textbook. - Awolowa, Jun 30, 2017

Answer 1

"No, no pasó nada interesante." me suena más natural, Las dos frases son correctas. También, No, pasaba nada interesante." "No, nothing interesting was happening at the time."

:) - rac1, Jun 30, 2017

"No, pasaba nada interesante" sounds really weird. Unlike in English, in Spanish what sounds right is the use of doubles negatives: "No, no pasaba nada interesante" or "No hay nadie" instead of "Hay nadie" ("Hay nadie" It's totally incorrect, or at least - ale9194, Jun 30, 2017

I've never heard anyone saying it). - ale9194, Jun 30, 2017

That may be used in some situations, but not as a general answer. for example: "no pasaba nada interesante, así que nos fuimos." - 00fac92a, Jun 30, 2017

No pasó nada interesante it's ok. There are a double negativo. No and nada. I agree Donbigote - 000a35ff, Jun 30, 2017