not nothing; something (an emphatic, often formal way of saying that there is at least something)
→ non
phraseExtremely common#398
not nothing; something (an emphatic, often formal way of saying that there is at least something)Unlike the more common discontinuous negation non ... nulla (“nothing”), the adjacent sequence non nulla literally means “not nothing.” It is relatively marked and is often contrasted with qualcosa (“something”).
IT: Non nulla, bensì qualcosa di importante, è emerso dall'indagine.
EN: Not nothing, but something important, emerged from the investigation.