🇬🇪 Georgian phrases

How to say “No” in Georgian

არა

ara

neutral

Used in all registers. Expect pushback when you refuse food or drink from a Georgian host, since a first 'no' is often taken as politeness.

Other ways to say it

GeorgianPronunciationMeaningWhen to use it
არა, მადლობაara, madlobano, thank youPolitely declining an offer

In a sentence

არა, მადლობა, უკვე ვჭამე.

ara, madloba, uk've vch'ame.

No, thanks, I've already eaten.

More Georgian phrases

“No” in other languages