no, thanks

See also: no thanks

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Interjection

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)

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