ninguno
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin nec ūnus (“not even one”). Compare Portuguese nenhum, Catalan ningú.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ninˈɡuno/ [nĩŋˈɡu.no]
- Rhymes: -uno
- Syllabification: nin‧gu‧no
Usage notes
- Only used in negative sentences; the adjective may be translated into English as some or any if the resulting English sentence is negative.
- The plural forms ningunos and ningunas are now uncommon and are only used with pluralia tantum, nouns that change meaning in the plural, and multiple things considered together (e.g. ningunos dos lugares ("no two places")).
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Further reading
- “ninguno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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