nobody

UK:^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈnəʊbədi/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈnoʊˌbɑdi, -ˌbʌdi, -bədi/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(nō′bod′ē, -bud′ē, -bə dē)

Inflections of 'nobody' (n): npl: nobodies

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
nobody, no one, also UK: no-one pron	(not one person)	nadie pron
Note: "Nobody" is slightly more informal than "no one"
	Peter threw a party, but nobody showed up.
	I thought I heard someone, but there was no one there.
	Peter hizo una fiesta, pero nadie fue. // Pensé que había escuchado a alguien, pero no había nadie.
nobody, a nobody n	figurative (insignificant person)	un don nadie, una doña nadie loc nm, loc nf
	(coloquial)	un pobre diablo, una pobre diabla loc nm, loc nf
	Why would she want to date me? She's a supermodel; I'm a nobody.
	¿Por qué querría salir conmigo? Ella es una supermodelo y yo soy un don nadie.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
nobody else, no one else, also UK: no-one else pron	(not any other person)	nadie más loc pron
nobody's fool n	informal (person: intelligent) (informal)	no tener un pelo de tonto loc verb
	(informal)	no tener ni un pelo de tonto loc verb
	(informal)	no ser ningún tonto loc verb
	Jack is nobody's fool; he knows better than to lose his money in card games.
	John no tiene un pelo de tonto y no va a perder su dinero en juegos de cartas.
The lights are on but nobody's home, The lights are on but there's nobody home expr	figurative, informal ([sb] is unintelligent)	le faltan luces expr
		le faltan un par de neuronas expr
		no le alcanzan los sesos expr
	My brother can be incredibly stupid sometimes; the lights are on but nobody's home.
there's nobody home expr	figurative, informal, pejorative (person is absent-minded)	¿hay alguien en casa? expr
		¿estas allí? expr
there's nobody home expr	figurative, informal, pejorative (person is mentally impaired)	no hay nadie en casa expr

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Collocations: is just a nobody, are just a bunch of nobodies, went from being a nobody to being [a star, president], more...

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