cero a la izquierda

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Spanish

Etymology

Literally, zero to the left. The idiomatic meaning is presumably from the mathematical sense of the term, since any leading zeroes to the left of a number have no effect on the number's value. Compare Portuguese zero à esquerda.

Noun

cero a la izquierda m or f by sense (plural ceros a la izquierda)

  1. (idiomatic) a person of little or no consequence; a nobody; a nonentity
    • 1888, Julio Bañados Espinosa, Gobierno parlamentario y sistema representativo, Imprenta Cervantes, page 59:
      En apariencias, el Presidente de la República está revestido de poderes casi dictatoriales; pero, constitucionalmente hablando, es un cero a la izquierda.
      Apparently, the President of the Republic holds almost dictatorial powers; but, constitutionally speaking, he is of little consequence.
    • 2008 November 6, “Más de 300 enfermos mentales se han rehabilitado en Morea”, in La Región:
      El objetivo de las jornadas es dar a conocer la rehabilitación psicosocial y laboral que realiza Morea. ‘Con tratamiento, los enfermos pueden llevar una vida digna y ser útiles a la sociedad y no un cero a la izquierda como hasta ahora’, afirmó su presidenta, Angeles Fernández.
      The objective of the conference is to announce the psychosocial and labor rehabilitation that Morea achieved. ‘With treatment, the ill can lead a dignified life and be useful to society and not a nobody as until now’, stated its president, Angeles Fernández.