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¡Nada que ver, eso no es así!

No way, that's not how it is!

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Why every word is where it is

¡Nada1pronounnothingque1conjunctiontover1verbseeinfinitive,eso2pronounthatesenoadverbnotesverbisser · present · 3rd sing.así2adverbso, like that!
  • Nada → ver: nada que ver: not at all
  • es → así: ser así: be like that
  • eso → es: eso: subject of es

Word for word: “Nothing to see, that is not so!”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Colloquial: ¡Nada que ver! = not at all, way off: blunt, only with people you know. Very common in Latin America. Indefinites and double negation →
  2. 2
    eso no es así: neuter eso refers to what the other person just said.

Variations

  • Creo que te equivocas.
  • Me temo que está usted en un error.
  • ¡Qué va, eso no es así!