I. ˈnädə, ˈnäthə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish, nothing, from Latin ( res ) nata literally, thing born, small, insignificant thing (only attested in sense of “the question on hand”), from res thing + nata, feminine of natus born, past participle of nasci to be born — more at nation
: a state of or as if of nonexistence : nothingness
the typical situation is love, with some drinking, against the background of nada — of civilization gone to pot, or war, or death — R.P.Warren
II. noun
: nothing