How to Say "Nobody" in Spanish

nadie

/ˈnadje/

The English word 'nobody' is translated into Spanish as nadie.

Nadie is the most common and straightforward Spanish term for 'nobody'. It is used as a pronoun to refer to no person.

Which one should you use?

Use nadie to refer to people, whereas nada is used to refer to things (nothing).

Nadie is an indefinite pronoun and does not change for gender or number.

/ˈnadje/

The word nadie actually shares a common ancestor with the English word 'native', as both trace back to the concept of being 'born'.

Nadie cree en él.
Nobody believes in him.
This sentence is useful for seeing nadie used to express that no one believes in a specific person.
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No hay nadie ahí.
There's nobody there.
This sentence shows how to use nadie to state that no one is in a specific place.
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No hay nadie acá.
There's nobody here.
This sentence demonstrates using nadie to indicate that no one is present here.
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Nadie sabe lo que nos espera el próximo año.
Nobody knows what awaits us next year.
En esta sala, nadie puede entrar sin autorización.
In this room, nobody can enter without permission.
No encontré a nadie en la oficina por la mañana.
I didn't find anybody in the office this morning.
Permítame aclarar que ninguna persona debe realizar esa tarea.
Let me clarify that nobody should perform that task.
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Mateo and Sofía are talking about a party.

Mateo

Hola Sofía, ¿estaba mucha gente en la fiesta?
Hi Sofía, were there many people at the party?
Sofía

No, no había nadie cuando llegué.
No, there was nobody there when I arrived.
Mateo

¿Entonces nadie vino a la celebración?
So nobody came to the celebration?
Sofía

Parece que nadie sabía la dirección.
It seems that nobody knew the address.

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