nonada

Spanish

FWOTD – 11 November 2014

Etymology

From no (“no”) +‎ nada (“nothing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noˈnada/ [noˈna.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: no‧na‧da

Noun

nonada f (plural nonadas)

1. a thing or event of little or no importance or value
   • 1787, R. P. Fr. Jacinto Montargon, Don Francisco Mariano Nipho (translator), Diccionario apostolico, &c., volume 2, Don Miguél Escribano, page 237:

     Durante la vida estas cosas son nonadas, y vienen á ser monstruos en la hora de la muerte: […]

     These are meaningless things during life, and become monsters when it’s time to die: […]

   Las ganancias eran una nonada a comparación del dinero invertido.

   The profit was nothing compared to the original investment.

   Synonym: nada

Derived terms

• anonadar

 

Further reading

• “nonada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16