Translation of nowhere – English–Spanish dictionary

nowhere

adverb

/ˈnəʊ.weər/ us

/ˈnoʊ.wer/

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in, at, or to no place; not anywhere

ningún lugar, en ningún lugar

These young people have nowhere (else) to go. Estos jóvenes no tienen ningún lugar adonde ir.

Nowhere does the article mention the names of the people involved.

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We'll get nowhere if all you can do is criticize.
That ball was definitely in! It was nowhere near the line!
I did reasonably well at school but nowhere near as well as my sister or brother.
It must be rough to have two kids and nowhere to live.
Some species exist in this small area of forest and nowhere else on earth.

Grammar

No one, nobody, nothing, nowhere

No one, nobody, nothing and nowhere are indefinite pronouns. …

Idiom

from/out of nowhere

(Translation of nowhere from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of nowhere | GLOBAL English–Spanish Dictionary

nowhere

adverb

/ˈnoʊˌʍɛər, -ˌwɛər/

not in or to any place

(en) ningún lado (en) ningún lugar (en) ninguna parte

There was nowhere to go but backwards. No se podía ir a ningún lugar excepto retroceder.

nowhere to be seen/found

no ver/encontrar a alguien por ninguna parte

The cat was nowhere to be found. El gato no estaba en ninguna parte.

get/go nowhere

to be making no progress

no ir a ninguna parte no llegar a ninguna parte

We’re getting nowhere on this project. No estamos llegando a ninguna parte en este proyecto.

get sb nowhere

to not help sb achieve sth

llevar a alguien a ninguna parte

Flattery will get you nowhere. Los cumplidos no te llevarán a ninguna parte.

out of nowhere

arriving or happening without warning

de la nada

Suddenly, this car came out of nowhere. De repente, este coche salió de la nada.

See also

somewhere

Examples of nowhere

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A justification responsive to the parochialism objection is nowhere to be found in the texts of the conventions that list putative human rights.

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Nowhere, however, does he ask himself the really difficult questions.

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In 1960, second language acquisition studies, as we now know them, were nowhere in sight.

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Nowhere, however, did he actually comment upon their legality or illegality, let alone pronouncing a verdict on the very faith of the emperor.

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However, this is nowhere near certain because even when such a tension was established through the use of random mutation, the results were poor.

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Nowhere offered suitable linguistic training to white teachers.

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Nowhere was a justification for the sample size of 80,000 to be found.

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In the sphere of our imagination we are free of the limitations of reality, as nowhere else.

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