Phrase guide

never ever

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

never

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: emphatic, not-comparable

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِطْلَاقًا (ʔiṭlāqan) — emphatic never
  • Chinese Mandarin: 絕不 /绝不 (juébù) — emphatic never
  • Czech: vůbec nikdy — emphatic never
  • Danish: aldrig nogensinde — emphatic never
  • Dutch: nooit van je leven — emphatic never
  • Dutch: nooit ofte nimmer — emphatic never
  • Dutch: nooit en te nimmer — emphatic never
  • Finnish: ei ikimaailmassa — emphatic never
  • Finnish: ei ikinä — emphatic never
  • French: jamais de la vie — emphatic never
  • French: au grand jamais — emphatic never
  • French: jamais au grand jamais — emphatic never
  • Galician: endexamais — emphatic never
  • Galician: nunca xamais — emphatic never
  • Galician: nunca na vida — emphatic never
  • German: nie im Leben — emphatic never
  • German: nimmer — emphatic never
  • German: nie und nimmer — emphatic never
  • Hungarian: soha-soha — emphatic never
  • Italian: giammai — emphatic never
  • Japanese: 絶対 (zettai) — emphatic never
  • Polish: przenigdy — emphatic never
  • Portuguese: nunca mesmo — emphatic never
  • Russian: никогда́ в жи́зни (nikogdá v žízni) — emphatic never
  • Russian: никогда́ не (nikogdá ne) — emphatic never
  • Spanish: nunca jamás — emphatic never
  • Swedish: aldrig någonsin — emphatic never
  • Turkish: asla ama asla — emphatic never
  • Ukrainian: ніколи в житті (nikoly v žytti) — emphatic never
  • Ukrainian: ніколи-ніколи (nikoly-nikoly) — emphatic never