nadie

== Ladino == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish nadi, nade (“no one”), inherited from Latin nātī (“born men/people”), perfect past participle of nāscor (“to be born”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. The semantic change is due to commonly being used with negated verbs in spoken Ibero-Romance, supposing for example *nātī nōn fēcērunt (“born [people] did not do it”), cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese nado (“no one”). Compare the development of French personne from “person” to “no one”. Old Spanish commonly also used the phrase omne nado. Nada (“bupkes”) also originates from the same root, from (rēs) nāta (“born thing”); see Jespersen's Cycle. === Pronoun === nadie no one; nobody (anyone or anybody) Synonyms: dinguno, ninguno Antonym: alguno == Spanish == === Alternative forms === naide, naiden, nadien, nadies, naides, naidies, náidenes (nonstandard) nadi (dated) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish nadi, nade (“no one”), inherited from Latin nātī (“born men/people”), perfect past participle of nāscor (“to be born”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. The semantic change is due to commonly being used with negated verbs in spoken Ibero-Romance, supposing for example *nātī nōn fēcērunt (“born [people] did not do it”), cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese nado (“no one”). Compare the development of French personne from “person” to “no one”. Old Spanish commonly also used the phrase omne nado. Nada (“nothing”) also originates from the same root, from (rēs) nāta (“born thing”); see Jespersen's Cycle. The final unstressed vowel was influenced by quién/quien and alguién (today alguien) towards the very end of the Old Spanish period: Coromines and Pascual report the earliest attestation of the -ie form is in Nebrija. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnadje/ [ˈna.ð̞je] Rhymes: -adje Syllabification: na‧die === Pronoun === nadie no one; nobody (anyone or anybody) Antonym: alguien ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “nadie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “nacer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 201-204