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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
for nothing adv	(freely, free)	gratis adv
		sin cobrar loc adv
	Billy's helping old Mrs.Thomas with her yard work for nothing.
	Billy está ayudando a la vieja Sra. Thomas con su jardín gratis.
		sin esperar nada a cambio loc adv
	Billy está ayudando a la vieja Sra. Thomas con su jardín sin esperar nada a cambio.
		por nada loc adv
	Billy está ayudando a la vieja Sra. Thomas con su jardín por nada.
for nothing adv	(without achieving goal)	para nada loc adv
	I put in all that effort for nothing!
	¡Tanto esfuerzo para nada!
for nothing adv	(without good reason)	sin motivo, sin razón loc adv
	The little boy came up from behind and hit me for nothing.
	El niñito apareció de golpe y me pegó sin motivo.
		por nada loc adv
	El niñito apareció de golpe y me pegó por nada.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
care nothing for [sb] v expr	(feel no affection)	no sentir nada por loc verb
	(vulgar)	importar un bledo, importar un comino, importar un pimiento, importar un pito loc verb
	Me importan un bledo él y sus problemas, es una mala persona que sólo piensa en sí mismo.
		no querer loc verb
		dar lo mismo loc verb
care nothing for [sth] v expr	(not think important) (ES, vulgar)	soplármela loc verb
	Me van a penalizar pero me la sopla, lo tenía que decir.
	(AR, vulgar)	importar un carajo loc verb
		no dar importancia loc verb
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. No me he enfadado, no doy importancia a las tonterías que dice.
		dar igual loc verb
		dar poco valor a loc verb
	(AR, vulgar)	chupar un huevo loc verb
	(ES, coloquial)	pasar de loc verb
for next to nothing expr	(very cheaply)	por casi nada loc adv
	(figurado)	por menos que nada loc adv
	(figurado)	por monedas loc adv
	When we were first married, we bought an old couch for next to nothing.
	At a yard sale you can buy anything you want for next to nothing.
	Cuando nos casamos compramos un sillón usado por casi nada.
good-for-nothing n	slang (person: lazy)	inútil adj mf
		bueno para nada loc adj
	In my opinion, Jake is nothing but a lazy good-for-nothing.
	En mi opinión, Jake es un vago inútil.
	(coloquial)	zángano, zángana nm, nf
		inútil n común
		bueno para nada, buena para nada loc nm, loc nf
	En mi opinión, Jake es un vago y un zángano.
good-for-nothing adj	informal (person: lazy) (informal)	bueno para nada loc adj
		vago/a adj
		gandul adj mf
	My brother's a good-for-nothing scrounger.
	Mi hermano es un gorrón bueno para nada.
good-for-nothing adj	informal (useless)	inútil adj mf
		que no sirve para nada loc adj
	My Dad thinks I wasted 4 years of college on a good-for-nothing Philosophy degree.
	Mi padre piensa que he malgastado cuatro años en la universidad para obtener un inútil título de filosofía.

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'for nothing' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

come to nought - hellion - in vain

Spanish:

al pedo - de prestado - al divino botón - golfo - inútil - perdido - atorrante - descarriado - gratuitamente - mequetrefe - por algo - punto filipino - bueno para nada - de balde - no dar puntada sin dedal - no en balde - preocuparse por nada - sin oficio ni beneficio - no servir para nada - bala perdida - cascajo - zascandil - calabrote - golfante - ablandahigos - mandria - maula - pelafustán - sotreta

Synonyms: gratis, free, free of charge, free gratis, on the house, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "for nothing" in the title:

A bird in a cage is nothing but a tool for one's enjoyment
abbreviation for nothing
accept me the way I am. I ask for nothing more than that.
all that sunbaking for nothing
Canvas is clear? - Nothing for miles, chief.
do nothing for
Everything for you, but you for nothing - grammar
for -- nothing we can do - grammar
for almost nothing
For as much as nothing
For nothing
for nothing - grammar
for nothing blends
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose
go out for nothing
good for nothing
Good for nothing
Good for nothing (adjetivo)
Good for nothing... + I cried .....
Good-for-nothing husband - grammar
have counted for nothing,
He drove all the way over here for nothing.
He has got nothing going for him
He seemed to care for nothing but music.
He who has nothing to die for..
I believe several men (apply) for the job but so far nothing
I came all this way for nothing
I have enough to do search for nothing
more...

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