How to Say No in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say no in different languages. This page features translation of the word "no" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce no and how to read it.
Saying No in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say no | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | nr | |
| Basque | ez | |
| Belarusian | няма [niama] | |
| Bosnian | br | |
| Bulgarian | не [ne] | |
| Catalan | no | |
| Corsican | Innò | |
| Croatian | Ne | |
| Czech | Ne | |
| Danish | ingen | |
| Dutch | Nee | |
| Estonian | ei | |
| Finnish | ei | |
| French | non | |
| Frisian | Nee | |
| Galician | non | |
| German | Nein | |
| Greek | όχι [óchi] | |
| Hungarian | nem | |
| Icelandic | nei | |
| Irish | níl | |
| Italian | no | |
| Latvian | Nē | |
| Lithuanian | ne | |
| Luxembourgish | Nee | |
| Macedonian | бр [br] | |
| Maltese | le | |
| Norwegian | Nei | |
| Polish | Nie | |
| Portuguese | não | |
| Romanian | Nu | |
| Russian | нет [net] | |
| Scots Gaelic | Chan eil | |
| Serbian | не [ne] | |
| Slovak | č | |
| Slovenian | št | |
| Spanish | no | |
| Swedish | Nej | |
| Tatar | юк | |
| Ukrainian | немає [nemaye] | |
| Welsh | nac oes | |
| Yiddish | ניין [neyn] | |
Saying No in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say no | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | ոչ [voch’] | |
| Azerbaijani | yox | |
| Bengali | না [nā] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 不 [bù] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 不 [bù] | |
| Georgian | არა [ara] | |
| Gujarati | ના [nā] | |
| Hindi | नहीं [nahin] | |
| Hmong | tsis muaj | |
| Japanese | いいえ | |
| Kannada | ಇಲ್ಲ [illa] | |
| Kazakh | жоқ [joq] | |
| Khmer | ទេ | |
| Korean | 아니요 [aniyo] | |
| Kyrgyz | жок [jok] | |
| Lao | ບໍ່ [bo] | |
| Malayalam | ഇല്ല [illa] | |
| Marathi | नाही [nāhī] | |
| Mongolian | үгүй [ügüi] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | မဟုတ်ဘူး [mahotebhuu] | |
| Nepali | छैन [chaina] | |
| Odia | ନା | |
| Pashto | نه | |
| Punjabi | ਨਹੀਂ [nahīṁ] | |
| Sindhi | نه | |
| Sinhala | නැත [næta] | |
| Tajik | не | |
| Tamil | இல்லை [illai] | |
| Telugu | సంఖ్య [lēdu] | |
| Thai | เลขที่ | |
| Turkish | HAYIR | |
| Turkmen | ýok | |
| Urdu | نہیں | |
| Uyghur | ياق | |
| Uzbek | yo'q | |
| Vietnamese | Không | |
Saying No in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say no | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | لا [la] | |
| Hebrew | לא | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | na | |
| Persian | نه | |
Saying No in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say no | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | geen | |
| Amharic | አይ [āyi] | |
| Chichewa | ayi | |
| Hausa | a'a | |
| Igbo | mba | |
| Kinyarwanda | oya | |
| Sesotho | che | |
| Shona | Aihwa | |
| Somali | maya | |
| Swahili | Hapana | |
| Xhosa | hayi | |
| Yoruba | rara | |
| Zulu | cha | |
Cite this Entry
"No in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/no. Accessed 23 Sep 2023.
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