Meanings
alternative colloquial you betcha
- idiomaticExpresses support, agreement, certainty or emphasis.
You bet they'll re-run such a successful show next season.
1 more example
"It is being talked about, then—among the tenants?" "You bet!" assented Mr. Elliott pungently.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC - idiomaticinformalCertainly, you're welcome; a reply to thank you or to a request.
“Could you give me a hand?” / “You bet!”
2 more examples
“Hey, thanks for all your hard work yesterday.” / “You bet!”
“Course it's mighty hard to tell till we've put out a few traps,” said the former, “but it looks to me like we've struck it lucky.” “You bet,” Dobbs agreed. “I don't believe this here valley ever was trapped. We ain't come across no sign of any old camp—not so much as a blazed tree[…]”
1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate
Synonyms & antonyms
adverban expression of emphatic agreement
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 我敢肯定, 當然 /当然
- 我敢肯定 (wǒ gǎn kěndìng)expresses support
- 當然 /当然 (dāngrán)certainly (reply to a request)
- 不客氣 /不客气 (bù kèqi)certainly (reply to a request)
Czech to si piš, jasně
- to si pišcertainly (reply to a request)
- jasněcertainly (reply to a request)
Dutch nou en of, en of
- nou en ofcertainly (reply to a request)
- en ofcertainly (reply to a request)
Esperanto pli volonte
- pli volontecertainly (reply to a request)
Estonian kindlasti
- kindlasticertainly (reply to a request)
Finnish varmasti, varmasti
- varmastiexpresses support
- varmasticertainly (reply to a request)
- täältä peseecertainly (reply to a request)
French plutôt, oui
- plutôtcertainly (reply to a request)
- ouicertainly (reply to a request)
- y a intérêtcertainly (reply to a request)
- je veuxcertainly (reply to a request)
- un peucertainly (reply to a request)
- rien qu'un peucertainly (reply to a request)
- bien sûrcertainly (reply to a request)
German und ob, aber hallo
- und obcertainly (reply to a request)
- aber hallocertainly (reply to a request)
Greek σίγουρα
- σίγουρα (sígoura)certainly (reply to a request)
Hungarian naná, még szép
- nanácertainly (reply to a request)
- még szépcertainly (reply to a request)
- az biztoscertainly (reply to a request)
Italian altroché, puoi scommetterci
- altrochécertainly (reply to a request)
- puoi scommettercicertainly (reply to a request)
- ci puoi scommetterecertainly (reply to a request)
- può scommettercicertainly (reply to a request)
- ci può scommetterecertainly (reply to a request)
- potete scommettercicertainly (reply to a request)
- ci potete scommetterecertainly (reply to a request)
- hai vogliacertainly (reply to a request)
Japanese もちろん
- もちろん (mochiron)certainly (reply to a request)
Māori e mea ana, ehara ehara
- e mea anacertainly (reply to a request)
- ehara eharacertainly (reply to a request)
Polish masz to jak w banku
- masz to jak w bankucertainly (reply to a request)
Portuguese pode apostar, podem apostar
- pode apostarcertainly (reply to a request)
- podem apostarcertainly (reply to a request)
Russian ещё бы, а то́
- ещё бы (ješčó by)certainly (reply to a request)
- а то́ (a tó)certainly (reply to a request)
- ещё как (ješčó kak)certainly (reply to a request)
Thai คุณพนัน
- คุณพนัน (kun pá-nan)certainly (reply to a request)
Cite this entry
you bet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20bet
“you bet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20bet. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “you bet,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20bet.
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