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See also: noway

no way ‎(not comparable)

(now archaic or regional) in no way; not at all [from 15th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
  I suppose that meanes meerely humane can no way be capable of it […].
- 2007, Ron Liebman, Death by Rodrigo, New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 9781416535270, 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.

(idiomatic) Absolutely not; under no circumstances. [from 18th c.]
The disobedient girl said, "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."

absolutely not

Burmese: ဟင့်အင်း (my) ‎(hang.ang:)
Catalan: de cap manera
Chinese:

Cantonese: 死都唔會, 點都唔會, 唔肯

Mandarin: 休想 (zh) ‎(xiūxiǎng), 沒門(兒) (zh), 没门(儿) (zh) ‎(méimén[r]), 絕不會, 绝不会 (juébù huì), 絕對不會, 绝对不会 (juéduì bù huì), 一定不會, 一定不会 (yīdìng bù huì)
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
Hebrew: בְּשוּם אוֹפֶן ‎(b'shum ofen)
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
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
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), בְּשוּם 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)
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