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нельзя adv.stresses
gen. may not (example provided by ART Vancouver: You will be busy with your baby throughout the appointment and other children may not be in the room. Please make care arrangements for siblings.); one cannot
gram. not supposed to (+ infinitive: That spot is reserved for deliveries. It's not supposed to be parked there! – там нельзя ставить машину ART Vancouver)
inf. nothing doing
нельзя
gen. impossible; no; you mustn't (MichaelBurov); it is prohibited; must not (Must not is also used to forbid (see360.3).It is a little stronger or more emphatic than may not. Students must not use the staff car park. M. Swan. Practical English Usage Alexander Demidov); it is not allowed; cannae (Scottish slang for "can't" Artjaazz); there is no way of (что-либо сделать; в сочетании с герундием A.Rezvov); do not (kee46); is/was/etc. not an option (Liv Bliss); not allowed (e.g. parking is not allowed here Maria Klavdieva); cannot (typist); it is forbidden; one may not
Gruzovik one ought not; one should not
comp., MS it isn't possible (to + inf. Alex_Odeychuk)
inf. you don't (досл. "ты не": You don't talk to people like that! – Нельзя так с людьми разговаривать! Shabe)
math. it is impossible; pred. one cannot
mech. It can't
rhetor. shouldn't be allowed to (+ inf. Alex_Odeychuk)
нельзя!
gen. eighty-six; nix; you must not! (MichaelBurov)
slang nixie
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