Nessuno vuole morire.

Nessuno means no one, nobody, or not anyone, depending on context.

In Nessuno vuole morire, it means nobody / no one.

It is an indefinite pronoun, so it stands in for a person or people without naming them:

• Nessuno parla. = Nobody is speaking.
• Nessuno capisce. = No one understands.

Because nessuno is grammatically singular in Italian.

So even though nessuno refers to zero people, the verb agrees with it in the singular:

• Nessuno vuole = Nobody wants

This is similar to English, where we also say:

• Nobody wants, not Nobody want

So:

• nessuno = singular subject
• vuole = 3rd person singular of volere

Because nessuno already makes the sentence negative when it comes before the verb.

So:

• Nessuno vuole morire. = Nobody wants to die.

In Italian, words like nessuno, niente, mai, etc. often work without non when they come before the verb.

Compare:

• Nessuno vuole morire. = Nobody wants to die.
• Non vuole morire nessuno. = also possible, but now non is needed because nessuno comes after the verb.

So the short rule is:

• negative word before the verb → usually no non
• negative word after the verb → usually non is needed

Vuole is the third-person singular present tense of volere (to want).

Conjugation of volere in the present:

• io voglio = I want
• tu vuoi = you want
• lui/lei vuole = he/she wants
• noi vogliamo = we want
• voi volete = you all want
• loro vogliono = they want

So in this sentence:

• nessuno = subject
• vuole = wants

Because volere is followed directly by an infinitive in Italian.

So the pattern is:

• volere + infinitive

Examples:

• Voglio mangiare. = I want to eat.
• Vuoi venire? = Do you want to come?
• Nessuno vuole morire. = Nobody wants to die.

Unlike some other Italian verbs, volere does not need a preposition before the second verb.

Yes. Morire is the infinitive form of the verb to die.

So in this sentence:

• vuole = wants
• morire = to die

Together:

• vuole morire = wants to die

Morire is a common verb, and its basic dictionary form is the infinitive:

• morire = to die

It can do both.

In Nessuno vuole morire, it is a pronoun: it stands alone and means no one.

But nessuno can also act like an adjective before a noun, usually shortened to nessun:

• nessun problema = no problem
• nessuna persona = no person
• nessuno studente = no student

So:

• Nessuno vuole morire. = pronoun
• Nessuna persona vuole morire. = adjective + noun

Yes, but Nessuno vuole morire is the most neutral and natural order.

Italian can sometimes change word order for emphasis:

• Non vuole morire nessuno.

This still means Nobody wants to die, but it sounds more marked or emphatic. In normal everyday usage, learners should prefer:

• Nessuno vuole morire.

So the standard order is:

• subject + verb + infinitive

A helpful approximation is:

ness-OO-noh VWOH-leh moh-REE-reh

A bit more precisely:

• Nessuno → nes-SU-no
• vuole → VWUO-le
• morire → mo-RI-re

A few pronunciation notes:

• ss in nessuno is a stronger double s
• vuo- in vuole is pronounced together, roughly like vwo-
• the stress is on:
  • nessUno
  • vuOle
  • morIre

Yes, that would be wrong.

After volere, Italian uses the infinitive directly:

• volere + infinitive

Correct:

• Nessuno vuole morire.

Incorrect:

• Nessuno vuole a morire.

This is a very common thing for English speakers to check, because English uses to:

• wants to die

But in Italian, that to is usually just the infinitive ending:

• morire

Yes, it is completely natural and idiomatic.

Nessuno vuole morire is a normal, clear sentence that an Italian speaker would easily say and understand.

It is also useful because it shows a few important patterns:

• nessuno as a negative subject
• singular agreement with vuole
• volere + infinitive
• no non needed because nessuno comes before the verb