no way

See also: noway

English

Adverb

no way (not comparable)

(now archaic or regional) in no way; not at all [from 15th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  I suppose that meanes meerely humane can no way be capable of it […].
- 2007, Ron Liebman, Death by Rodrigo, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 133:
  I get it. No way can me and Mickie talk to Rodrigo about what just happened up at the bench he's standing in the big holding cell, other mopes standing around waiting for their cases to be called, eavesdropping on what we're telling him.

Interjection

no way

(idiomatic) Absolutely not; under no circumstances. [from 18th c.]
"Touch that weird rock over there, I dare you!" "No way!"
(idiomatic) Indicates astonished disbelief.
You failed your exam again? No way!

"He's hitting 400 for two months? No way!" / "Way. Actually 411."

Translations

absolutely not

Burmese: ဟင့်အင်း (my) (hang.ang:)
Catalan: de cap manera
Chinese:
Cantonese: 死都唔會, 死都唔会 (sei² dou¹ m⁴ wui⁵), 點都唔會, 点都唔会 (dim² dou¹ m⁴ wui⁵), 唔肯 (m⁴ hang²)

Mandarin: 休想 (zh) (xiūxiǎng), 沒門(兒) (zh), 没门(儿) (zh) (méimén[r]), 絕不會, 绝不会 (jué bùhuì), 絕對不會, 绝对不会 (juéduì bùhuì), 一定不會, 一定不会 (yīdìng bùhuì), 門都沒有, 门都没有 (mén dōu méiyǒu)

Min Nan: no捽 (nó͘-sut), 袂癮, 袂瘾 (bōe-giàn)
Danish: aldrig i livet
Dutch: echt niet, no way
Finnish: ei käy, ei ikinä, ei ikimaailmassa, ei ikipäivänä
French: en aucune façon (fr), pas question (fr), jamais de la vie (fr), pas moyen (fr)
Georgian: არ არსებობს (ar arsebobs), არავითარ შემთხვევაში (aravitar šemtxvevaši), არანაირად (aranairad)
German: auf keinen Fall (de), keineswegs (de), nie im Leben, nichts da, nix da
Greek:
Ancient Greek: οὐδαμῶς (oudamôs), πώμαλα (pṓmala)

Hebrew: בְּשׁוּם אוֹפֶן‎ (b'shum ofen)
Hungarian: semmiképp sem, semmiképpen sem, semmi esetre sem
Japanese: 嫌だ (ja) (iya da), 無理だ (ja) (muri da), 有り得ない (ありえない, arienai), 不可能だ (ja) (ふかのうだ, fukanō da), うそ (ja) (uso)
Maori: auare ake, nō(w)hea
Polish: nie ma mowy (pl)
Portuguese: de nenhuma maneira, nem pensar, de jeito nenhum (pt)
Russian: ни за что́ (ru) (ni za štó)
Serbo-Croatian: nema šanse, nizašto (sh), zaboravi, ni u kojem slučaju, neće ići, ma kakvi
Spanish: de ninguna manera, qué va (es)
Thai: ไม่มีทาง
Turkish: asla (tr), katiyen (tr), olmaz (tr)

indicates astonished disbelief

Catalan: impossible (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不會吧！, 不会吧！ (bù huì ba!), 不可能！ (bù kěnéng!), 怎麼會呢？, 怎么会呢？ (zěnme huì ne?)
Dutch: no way
Finnish: ei voi olla totta, älä viitsi
French: pas possible (fr), sans blague (fr), sans dec (fr)
Georgian: შეუძლებელია (šeuʒlebelia), წარმოუდგენელია (c̣armoudgenelia), ნუთუ (nutu), არ არსებობს (ar arsebobs)
Greek: με τίποτα (me típota)

Hebrew: לא יכול להיות‎ (lo yakhol lihiot), בְּשׁוּם אוֹפֶן‎ (b'shum ofen)
Japanese: 有り得ない (ありえない, arienai), とんでもない (ja) (tondemonai), まさか (ja) (masaka)
Maori: e hawa
Polish: nie może być, niemożliwe
Portuguese: impossível (pt), nem sonhando
Russian: не мо́жет быть (ne móžet bytʹ), да ты что (da ty što)
Serbo-Croatian: ne može biti, nemoguće (sh)
Turkish: yok artık, daha neler, hadi canım, haydi oradan, git işine

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} assolutamente no, ^{(please verify)} neanche per sogno

Turkish: ^{(please verify)} asla (tr), ^{(please verify)} hiçbir şekilde

no way

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