When reviewing business deals, a simple "no" sometimes isn't enough. To express total disagreement, reinforce your negative statements with affatto or per niente (not at all).
| at all | affatto |
Positioning Affatto and Per Niente
Place non before the verb as usual, and position affatto or per niente strictly and immediately after it.
| I do not agree at all: this project is out of the question. | Non sono affatto d'accordo: questo progetto è improponibile. |
| We are not at all interested in an unfeasible merger. | Non ci interessa affatto una fusione inattuabile. |
| It is not at all a profitable project, but just any idea. | Non è per niente un progetto redditizio, ma un'idea qualunque. |
| This inappropriate investment does not increase the margin at all. | Questo investimento inopportuno non aumenta per niente il margine. |
Compound Tenses and Other Forms
With compound tenses, place affatto or per niente between the auxiliary verb and the past participle.
| The shareholders did not endorse the document at all. | Gli azionisti non hanno affatto sottoscritto il documento. |
| The shareholder did not appreciate the merger at all. | L'azionista non ha per niente apprezzato la fusione. |
This strict post-verb positioning applies across all verb forms, including the subjunctive and infinitives, to make your rejection absolutely clear.
| They behaved as if they had not understood the counterproposal at all. | Si sono comportati come se non avessero affatto capito la controproposta. |
| He presented an unacceptable project, without evaluating the inappropriate timing at all. | Ha presentato un progetto improponibile, senza valutare affatto il momento inopportuno. |
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