No person at all, or a person of no importance
Encoding Strategies:
mnemonic
Nadie means nobody and sounds like nada0 turned into a person, the way food becomes foodie and tech becomes techie. It's nothing turned into a person, meaning no person at all.
nadie
nobody, no one
When not one person did something or was there.
Nadie vino a la reuniónNobody came to the meeting
Nadie sabe la respuestaNo one knows the answer
anyone, anybody (after no)
When you say you didn't do something with any person. Spanish says "I didn't tell nobody" where English would say "I didn't tell anybody."
No conozco a nadie en esta ciudadI don't know anyone in this city
No se lo dije a nadieI didn't tell anybody
nobody (unimportant person)
Someone with no importance or authority.
En esa empresa él no es nadieAt that company he's nobody
Se sentía como un nadie en la oficina nuevaHe felt like a nobody at the new office