no, thanks

See also: no thanks

English

English phrasebook

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Alternative forms

• no thanks
• no thank you

Pronunciation

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Interjection

no, thanks

1. Politely refuses something offered.
   • 2014 September 14, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

     “No, thanks” is a violently British way to refuse something. That is just one step away from “oh, I couldn’t possibly”.

Translations

(polite refusal of an offer)

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bikol Central: dai na, salamat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不要，謝謝／不要，谢谢 (bùyào, xièxie). 不客氣／不客气 (zh) (bù kèqi)

• Dutch: nee, dank u
• Finnish: ei kiitos
• French: non merci (fr), sans façon (fr)
• Galician: non, grazas
• German: nein, danke, danke (de), ich danke
• Hungarian: nem, köszönöm, köszönöm, nem kérem
• Irish: (negation of the verb used in the offer) + go raibh maith agat
• Italian: no, grazie
• Japanese: 結構です (kekkō desu)
• Kapampangan: ali, salamat
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: benignē
• Mongolian: үгүй, баярлалаа (ügüj, bajarlalaa)
• Navajo: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: nie, dziękuję
• Portuguese: não, obrigado m, não, obrigada f
• Romanian: nu, mulțumesc
• Russian: нет, спаси́бо (net, spasíbo)
• Spanish: no, gracias (es)
• Swedish: nej tack
• Tagalog: huwag na, salamat
• Thai: ไม่เป็นไรขอบคุณ (mâi-bpen-rai-kɔ̂ɔp-kun)
• Tuvan: чок, четтирдим (çok, çettirdim)

See also

• yes, please
• no thanks to
• I'm not interested
• I don't want it
• thank you
• thank you very much
• thank you all