Learn Portuguese (Portugal): Não vejo nada.

Não vejo nada.

I do not see anything.

Breakdown of Não vejo nada.

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Questions & Answers about Não vejo nada.

Why does it use nada (nothing) instead of a word for "anything"? Doesn't this mean "I don't see nothing"?

In Portuguese, double negatives are completely normal and actually required here. You use não before the verb and nada (nothing) after it to say "not anything". So, não vejo nada literally translates to "I don't see nothing", which is the standard way to say "I don't see anything".

Where is the word for "I" (eu)?

In Portuguese, you can usually leave out subject pronouns like eu (I) because the verb itself tells you who is doing the action. The verb form vejo only ever means "I see", so adding eu is optional and often left out to sound more natural.

Is vejo a regular verb?

No, vejo is the "I" form of the irregular verb ver (to see). For regular verbs ending in "-er", you normally just drop the ending and add "-o" for the "I" form. However, ver changes its spelling to vejo.