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no

/noʊ/ adverb A1 (estimated)

1. Translations

German	kein
French	non
Portuguese	não
Czech	žádný
Italian	no
Spanish	no
Dutch	njet
Swedish	nej
Latin	ne

2. yes, no

German	ja, schon, doch
French	si
Portuguese	sim, afirmativo
Czech	ano
Italian	sì
Spanish	sí
Dutch	wel, jawel
Swedish	jo, jodå
Latin	immo

3. thank you, you are very kind (in receiving); no, thank you (in declining)

Latin	benigne

4. no, Sir

Italian	nossignore

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no

/noʊ/ determiner A1 (estimated)

1. not any

German	kein
French	aucun, nul
Portuguese	nenhum
Czech	žádný
Italian	nessuno
Spanish	ningún, ninguno, nada de
Dutch	geen
Swedish	ingen
Latin	nullus, nil

2. not; not properly

Swedish	ingen

3. used to show an activity is forbidden

German	verboten
French	interdit, défense de
Portuguese	sem
Czech	zakázat
Italian	non, vietato
Spanish	prohibido, nada de
Dutch	verboden
Swedish	ingen
Latin	interdictum, interdico

4. no, anti-; found in numerous expressions borrowed from English, such as no comment, and in pseudo-anglicisms such as no logo (“anti-globalization”) and no-vax (“anti-vax”) (also written no vax)

German	nein
French	non
Portuguese	não
Czech	ne
Italian	no
Dutch	neen

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no

interjection A1 (estimated)

1. no

German	nein, nein
French	non, non
Portuguese	não, nananinanão
Czech	ne, ne
Italian	no, no
Spanish	no, no
Dutch	nee, nee, neen
Swedish	ett nej, nej
Latin	ne

2. nah, no

German	ne
French	aucun
Portuguese	nem
Dutch	welnee
Swedish	nä, nä

3. no (expressing disagreement or denial)

German	nichts da
Swedish	nähä

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no

/noʊ/ noun · plural: noes A1 (estimated)

1. a negating expression

French	le non
Portuguese	o não, pedra no sapato
Czech	ne
Italian	il no
Spanish	el no
Dutch	het njet
Swedish	ett nej

2. a vote not in favor

German	die Gegenstimme
French	le non
Portuguese	o não
Czech	proti
Spanish	el no
Dutch	de tegenstem

3. no, none

German	kein
French	la personne
Portuguese	o ninguém
Czech	žádný
Italian	il nessuno
Spanish	el/la nadie
Dutch	geen, niets, niemand
Swedish	ingen
Latin	nemo, nullus

4. No., no. abbreviation of Nummer

German	Nr.
French	le no

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no

/noʊ/ particle A1 (estimated)

1. used to show disagreement or negation

German	nein, nö, nee
French	non, ne
Portuguese	não
Czech	ne, nikoliv, nikoli
Italian	no
Spanish	no
Dutch	nee, neen
Swedish	nej
Latin	non, ne, parum

2. used to show agreement with a negative question (in some languages this response is the usual word for "yes")

German	nein
French	non
Portuguese	não
Czech	ne
Spanish	no
Swedish	nej
Latin	ne

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to no

/noʊ/ verb A1 (estimated)

French	porter sur les nerfs
Portuguese	dar nos nervos

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