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nobody
[ˈnoʊbɑdi]
pronoun/noun
pl: nobodies
ninguém
1.
not a single person; no one
Nobody answered the phone.
Ninguém atendeu o telefone.
2.
a person of no importance or social standing
He was a nobody before he became famous.
Ele era um ninguém antes de ficar famoso.
NYC Slang
nobody / zilch (when referring to an unimportant person)
Synonyms
no one
not a soul
not a single person
Antonyms
everybody
someone
anybody
Regional Variations
General Brazilian
ninguém
standard usage for 'no one'
Rio de Janeiro
ninguém
no regional variation
São Paulo
ninguém
no regional variation
Portugal
ninguém
standard usage, identical to Brazilian Portuguese
Related Idioms & Phrases
a nobody in the world
nobody's fool
nobody home (meaning not intelligent or alert)
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