don't

Etymology
From.

Depending on dialect, its use in the third-person singular may be from elision (in these dialects "does" is used when not in the negative) or from not using -s to mark the third-person singular at all.

Verb

 * 1) do not (negative auxiliary )
 * 2) * 1980, The Police, "Don't Stand So Close to Me", Zenyatta Mondatta, A&M Records:
 * Don't stand, Don't stand so, Don't stand so close to me.
 * 1) * 1990, Dave Mustaine, "Take No Prisoners", Megadeth, Rust in Peace.
 * "en"
 * "en"

- Don't ask what you can do for your country / Ask what your country can do for you


 * 1)  does not
 * 2) * 1971, Carol King, “So Far Away”, Tapestry, Ode Records:
 * I sure hope the road don’t come to own me.
 * 1) * 1971, Carol King, “So Far Away”, Tapestry, Ode Records:
 * I sure hope the road don’t come to own me.
 * I sure hope the road don’t come to own me.

Usage notes
In fixed expressions, especially in children's speech, this word can be used positively, most particularly in the construction So don't I in response to a proud statement by the previous speaker.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: (+ jussive of the verb)
 * Ashkun: mā
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: verb
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 唔好, 咪
 * Dungan: бә, бо, бу
 * Eastern Min: 伓通, 莫
 * Hakka: 莫, 毋使
 * Hokkien: 伓通, ,
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Northern Min: 莫
 * Wu: 勿要, 𧟰
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: imperative +, + infinitive
 * Esperanto: + jussive
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ne... verb ...pas, ne... verb ...point
 * Georgian: არ, არ გააკეთო, ნუ
 * German: imperative +, + infinitive
 * Hebrew: (+ future third person verb of appropriate gender and number)
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: + infinitive
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: ná
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: terminal +, ...ないでください
 * Kamkata-viri: nā
 * Kapampangan: ali; e-
 * Khmer:
 * Kikai: な
 * Korean: -지 말다
 * Kunigami: な
 * Lao: ຢ່າ
 * Latin: noli + infinitive, nolite + infinitive
 * Lü: ᦊᦱᧈ
 * Macedonian: не
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:
 * Miyako: な
 * Mongolian:
 * Northern Amami Ōshima: な
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Okinawan: な
 * Okinoerabu: な
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Prasuni: nā
 * Romani: ma
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scots: dinnae
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: не, немој
 * Roman:, nemoj
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Amami Ōshima: な
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: verb ...
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Tokunoshima: な
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: ن, مت
 * Vietnamese:
 * Waigali: mā
 * Welsh: na,
 * Yaeyama: な
 * Yiddish: נישט, ניט
 * Yonaguni: な
 * Yoron: な
 * Zulu: musa, musani,, kahleni

Interjection

 * 1) Stop!, Don't touch that!

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Maori: kauaka, kauraka
 * Russian:, не надо!
 * Swedish: låt bli!, ,

Noun

 * 1) Something that must not be done.