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Words of the Seven Madmen · 120 headwords

Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.

nada

nothing; anything; nothingness 87 times

nada, Nada

pronoun, singular; noun; noun, feminine, singular

'No...nada' is a double negative that reads as a single negation in Spanish, hence 'anything' rather than 'nothing' in English.

narrar

told; He narrated; recounted 3 times

Narró, Narraba, narraba

verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular

necesitar

need; needed; I need 37 times

necesita, necesitaba, necesito, Necesitaba, necesitan, necesitamos, Necesito, Necesitamos and 4 more

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular

nomás

just once

nomás

"nomás" is a colloquial Rioplatense intensifier, here in the fixed phrase "así nomás" (just so).

nombrar

calls; we will name; was mentioned 3 times

nombra, nombraremos, nombraba

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, future, indicative, first-person, plural; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular

nosotros

us; we; We 16 times

nosotros, nos, Nosotros

pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural; pronoun, acc,nom, masculine, plural; pronoun, accusative, plural, reflexive

nos here is part of the reflexive verb irse ('to leave/go away'); it has no separate translation.

notar

noticed; showed; tell 3 times

Notó, notaba, nota

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular

"se nota" is an impersonal reflexive construction meaning "it shows/is noticeable."

nuestro

our; ours; Our 77 times

nuestra, nuestras, nuestro, nuestros, Nuestro, Nuestra, Nuestros, Nuestras

determiner, feminine, singular; determiner, feminine, plural; determiner, masculine, singular

nueva

news once

nueva

La buena nueva is the fixed biblical idiom for 'the good news' (the gospel); nueva here is a noun, not an adjective.

Seen once or twice

nacarado

pearly once

nacimiento

birth once

nacional

national once

Naciones

Nations once

nadar

swimming once

Napoleón

Napoleon once

nardo

spikenard once

narrado

narrated once

narrar él

to recount to him once

nasal

nasal once

naturalidad

naturalness twice

Nazareno

Nazarene once

ne

not once

necedad

foolishness once

negado

denied twice

negar él

deny it; refusing twice

negativa

refusal once

negligencia

negligence once

negociante

tradesmen once

negrear

loomed dark; darkens twice

negrura

blackness once

negruzco

blackish once

nervado

veined once

nerviosamente

nervously twice

nerviosidad

nervousness once

Neuquén

Neuquén once

neurasténico

neurasthenic once

nido

nest once

Niers

Niers once

nieve

snow twice

niñez

childhood once

niquelado

nickel-plated twice

nitidez

clarity twice

nitrato

nitrate twice

nitrógeno

nitrogen once

nivel

level once

nivelar

levelled once

nítidamente

sharply once

noblemente

nobly once

Noé

Noah once

norma

norms once

Norte

North once

norte

north once

norteamericano

North American twice

nos

ourselves once

notablemente

noticeably once

novedad

news; novelty twice

novelería

melodrama once

noveno

ninth once

noviazgo

engagements once

novicio

novices once

nómade

nomadic once

nudillo

knuckles twice

nudo

knot; knots twice

nudoso

knotted once

nupcial

wedding once

nutricio

nourishing once

The particulars

The words
Every word of the text, parsed: its headword, its form and its meaning in the line. Source text: public domain (Roberto Arlt, d. 1942).
Translation
Public-domain Spanish (Arlt, d. 1942). English translation © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC.
Data
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