nada menos

no less than

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no less than Used for emphasis, often to highlight something surprising or impressive. In phrases like “nada menos que,” it means “no less than” or “nothing less than.”

SP: La solución costó nada menos que mil dólares.

EN: The solution cost no less than a thousand dollars.

Nuestro escape no fue nada menos que un milagro.

Our escape was nothing short of a miracle.

¡Ah, pero si se trata nada menos que de Andrés Salgado!

Oh, but it's none other than Andrés Salgado!

— Amores perros (2000)

Se necesitaban nada menos que trescientos dólares para ese trabajo.

It took no less than three hundred dollars for that job.

Desde Spencerport, nada menos.

All the way from Spencerport, no less.

Eh, ¡esto era nada menos que un progreso decisivo!

Wow, this was nothing short of a decisive breakthrough!

— Divorzio all'italiana (1961)