ninguno

/ninˈɡuno/ · A1 · pron

none

ninguno = ni (not even) + uno (one): not even one

From Latin nec unus, literally not even one. Spanish ni still means nor/not even, and uno is one, so the word spells out its own meaning: not a single one, hence none, nobody, no. It shortens to ningún before a masculine noun.

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