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nadie

no one

nadie(

nah

dyeh

)

A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g. she).

pronoun

1. (no person)

a. no one (affirmative verb)

Nadie sabe cuánto me costó conseguir la presidencia.No one knows how much it cost me to attain the presidency.

b. nobody (affirmative verb)

No había nadie en casa cuando regresé del viaje.There was nobody at home when I returned from my trip.

c. anybody (negative verb)

No te preocupes, no se lo contaré a nadie salvo mi gato.Don't worry, I won't tell anybody save for my cat.

d. anyone (negative verb)

No vi a nadie que conociera en la recepción.I didn't see anyone I knew at the reception.

nadie

A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g. she).

pronoun

1. (general)

a. nobody, no one

nadie lo sabenobody knows

no se lo dije a nadieI didn't tell anybody

no ha llamado nadienobody phoned

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

2. (general)

un don nadiea nobody

nadie

pronoun

1 (ninguna persona) (verbo inglés en afirmativo) nobody; no one; (verbo inglés en negativo) anybody; anyone

nadie lo tiene no lo tiene nadie nobody has it

no he visto a nadie I haven't seen anybody; casi nadie hardly anybody; lo hace como nadie she does it really well; nadie más nobody else; no one else; vino mi familia y nadie más just my family came and nobody o no one else; no vi a nadie más que a Juan I didn't see anybody apart from o except Juan; no lo sabe nadie más que tú nobody else knows, apart from you; nobody but you knows

2 (persona insignificante)

no es nadie he's nobody (that matters)

es un don nadie he's a nobody; he's a nonentity

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Examples

Phrases

a nadie	to anyone to anybody
no hay nadie	there's nobody
No hay nadie.	There's nobody here.
no hay nadie que	there's no one who
no conozco a nadie que	I don't know anyone who
no conozco a nadie	I don't know anybody
sonaba insistentemente, pero nadie respondía	rang insistently, but nobody answered
que nadie	that no one may nobody
nadie sabe	no one knows
nadie podía	nobody could
nadie podía esconderse del terror	nobody could hide because of the terrror they felt
nadie podía del terror	everyone was scared stiff
no hay nadie como tú	there's no one like you
Ser como todos es no ser nadie.	To be like everyone is to be no one.
yo no soy nadie para juzgar	who am I to judge
no veo a nadie	I can't see anybody
No hay nadie en el baño. El baño está libre.	There's nobody in the bathroom. The bathroom is vacant.
no confíes en nadie	don't trust anyone
no había nadie	there was no one
no se lo digas a nadie	don't tell anyone