Meanings
phraseyou're welcome!
alternative formal you are welcome · alternative yw
- Used to acknowledge thanks; ritual reply to “thank you”.
Synonyms: de nada
- Used (often preemptively) to imply that the speaker ought to be thanked.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see you're, welcome.
No, I didn’t cook, but you’re welcome to try out the new kitchen.
2016, Lynette Eason, Without Warning (Elite Guardians; 2), Revell, →ISBNSynonyms: don’t mention it, my pleasure, no problem, not at all, no worries, think nothing of it, you bet, always
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseUsed to acknowledge thanks; ritual reply to “thank you”.
Similar
phraseUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see you're, welcome.
Origin
From 1907 (as reply to thank you).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans plesier!
- plesier!reply to thanks
Arabic عَفْوًا, الْعَفْو
- عَفْوًا (ʕafwan)reply to thanks
- الْعَفْو (al-ʕafw)reply to thanks
- لَا شُكْرَ عَلَى وَظِيفَةٍ (lā šukra ʕalā waẓīfatin)reply to thanks
- عَلَى الرُّحْبِ وَٱلسَّعَة (ʕalā r-ruḥbi wa-s-saʕa)reply to thanks
Basque ez horregatik
- ez horregatikreply to thanks
Bulgarian ня́ма защо́, моля́
- ня́ма защо́ (njáma zaštó)reply to thanks
- моля́ (moljá)reply to thanks
Catalan de res, no es mereixen
- de resreply to thanks
- no es mereixenreply to thanks
Chinese Cantonese 唔使客氣 /唔使客气, 唔使
- 唔使客氣 /唔使客气 (m⁴ sai² haak³ hei³)reply to thanks
- 唔使 (m⁴ sai²)reply to thanks
- 應該嘅 /应该嘅 (jing¹ goi¹ ge³)reply to thanks
- 乜說話 /乜说话 (mat¹ syut³ waa⁶)reply to thanks
Chinese Mandarin 不客氣 /不客气, 不用謝 /不用谢
- 不客氣 /不客气 (bù kèqi)reply to thanks
- 不用謝 /不用谢 (bùyòngxiè)reply to thanks
- 不謝 /不谢 (bùxiè)reply to thanks
- 沒事 /没事 (méishì)reply to thanks
- 應該的 /应该的 (yīnggāi de)reply to thanks
- 沒事兒 /没事儿 (méishìr)reply to thanks
- 不會 /不会 (bùhuì)reply to thanks
Czech není zač, prosím
- není začreply to thanks
- prosímreply to thanks
- rádo se staloreply to thanks
- za máloreply to thanks
Danish det var så lidt, ingen årsag
- det var så lidtreply to thanks
- ingen årsagreply to thanks
- åh, jeg be'rreply to thanks
- velbekommereply to thanks
- selv takreply to thanks
Dutch graag gedaan, geen dank
- graag gedaanreply to thanks
- geen dankreply to thanks
- niets te dankenreply to thanks
Esperanto ne dankinde, nedankinde
- ne dankindereply to thanks
- nedankindereply to thanks
Estonian pole tänu väärt, võta heaks
- pole tänu väärtreply to thanks
- võta heaksreply to thanks
Finnish ole hyvä, eipä kestä
- ole hyväreply to thanks
- eipä kestäreply to thanks
- eipä mitäänreply to thanks
French de rien, il n'y a pas de quoi
- de rienreply to thanks
- il n'y a pas de quoireply to thanks
- pas de quoireply to thanks
- je vous en priereply to thanks
- je t'en priereply to thanks
- avec plaisirreply to thanks
- à votre servicereply to thanks
- à ton servicereply to thanks
- s'il vous plaîtreply to thanks
- bienvenuereply to thanks
- t'inquiètereply to thanks
German bitte, gern geschehen
- bittereply to thanks
- gern geschehenreply to thanks
- keine Ursachereply to thanks
- nichts zu dankenreply to thanks
Greek τίποτα, δεν κάνει τίποτα
- τίποτα (típota)reply to thanks
- δεν κάνει τίποτα (den kánei típota)reply to thanks
- ευχαρίστησή μου (efcharístisí mou)reply to thanks
Hawaiian he mea iki, he mea ʻole
- he mea ikireply to thanks
- he mea ʻolereply to thanks
Hebrew אֵין בְּעַד מה
- אֵין בְּעַד מהreply to thanks
Hindi कुछ नहीं, कोई बात नहीं
- कुछ नहीं (kuch nahī̃)reply to thanks
- कोई बात नहीं (koī bāt nahī̃)reply to thanks
- आपका स्वागत है (āpkā svāgat hai)reply to thanks
Hungarian szívesen, nagyon szívesen
- szívesenreply to thanks
- nagyon szívesenreply to thanks
- nincs mitreply to thanks
Icelandic ekkert að þakka, það var ekkert
- ekkert að þakkareply to thanks
- það var ekkertreply to thanks
- það var lítiðreply to thanks
- gjörðu svo velreply to thanks
- það er sjálfþakkaðreply to thanks
Indonesian terima kasih kembali, sama-sama
- terima kasih kembalireply to thanks
- sama-samareply to thanks
Irish tá fáilte romhat, níl a bhuíochas ort
- tá fáilte romhatreply to thanks
- níl a bhuíochas ortreply to thanks
Italian prego, di niente
- pregoreply to thanks
- di nientereply to thanks
- non c'è di chereply to thanks
- di nullareply to thanks
- è un piacerereply to thanks
Japanese どういたしまして, いいえ
- どういたしまして (dō itashimashite)reply to thanks
- いいえ (īe)reply to thanks
Korean 천만에요, 아니에요
- 천만에요 (cheonman-eyo)reply to thanks
- 아니에요 (anieyo)reply to thanks
- 별말씀을요 (byeolmalsseum-eur-yo)reply to thanks
- 천만의 말씀입니다 (cheonman-ui malsseum-imnida)reply to thanks
- 별것 아니었습니다 (byeolgeot anieotseumnida)reply to thanks
- 별거 아니에요 (byeolgeo anieyo)reply to thanks
- 괜찮아요 (gwaenchanayo)reply to thanks
- 고맙긴요 (gomapgin-yo)reply to thanks
- 뭘요 (mwor-yo)reply to thanks
Latin libenter, libens
- libenterreply to thanks
- libensreply to thanks
- nihil estreply to thanks
Latvian vienmēr lūdzu, lūdzu
- vienmēr lūdzureply to thanks
- lūdzureply to thanks
Lithuanian prašom, visada prašom
- prašomreply to thanks
- visada prašomreply to thanks
- nėra už kąreply to thanks
- nėr už kąreply to thanks
Malay sama-sama, terima kasih kembali
- sama-samareply to thanks
- terima kasih kembalireply to thanks
Māori e pai ana
- e pai anareply to thanks
Norwegian Bokmål bare hyggelig, ingen årsak
- bare hyggeligreply to thanks
- ingen årsakreply to thanks
- værsågodreply to thanks
- velbekommereply to thanks
Polish proszę, proszę bardzo
- proszęreply to thanks
- proszę bardzoreply to thanks
- nie ma za coreply to thanks
- spokoreply to thanks
- spoczkoreply to thanks
- sponioreply to thanks
Portuguese de nada, não há de quê
- de nadareply to thanks
- não há de quêreply to thanks
- disponhareply to thanks
- por nadareply to thanks
Romanian cu plăcere, pentru nimic
- cu plăcerereply to thanks
- pentru nimicreply to thanks
- nu ai pentru cereply to thanks
- nu aveți pentru cereply to thanks
- cu dragreply to thanks
Russian не́ за что, пожа́луйста
- не́ за что (né za što)reply to thanks
- пожа́луйста (požálujsta)reply to thanks
- не сто́ит благода́рности (ne stóit blagodárnosti)reply to thanks
- на здоро́вье (na zdoróvʹje)reply to thanks
Scottish Gaelic 's e do bheatha, 's e ur beatha
- 's e do bheathareply to thanks
- 's e ur beathareply to thanks
- tha sibh di-beathtereply to thanks
Slovak nie je za čo, za málo
- nie je za čoreply to thanks
- za máloreply to thanks
- prosímreply to thanks
Spanish de nada, con mucho gusto
- de nadareply to thanks
- con mucho gustoreply to thanks
- no hay de quéreply to thanks
- no hay por quéreply to thanks
- con gustoreply to thanks
Swahili karibu
- karibureply to thanks
Swedish varsågod, det var så lite
- varsågodreply to thanks
- det var så litereply to thanks
- ingen orsakreply to thanks
Tagalog walang anuman, wala pong anuman
- walang anumanreply to thanks
- wala pong anumanreply to thanks
Tamil வரவேற்கிறேன்
- வரவேற்கிறேன் (varavēṟkiṟēṉ)reply to thanks
Turkish bir şey değil, önemli değil
- bir şey değilreply to thanks
- önemli değilreply to thanks
- rica ederimreply to thanks
- ben teşekkür ederimreply to thanks
- seve severeply to thanks
Ukrainian будь ла́ска, нема́ за що́
- будь ла́ска (budʹ láska)reply to thanks
- нема́ за що́ (nemá za ščó)reply to thanks
- на здорóв'я (na zdoróvʺja)reply to thanks
Urdu کوئِی مَسْئَلَہ نَہِیں, کوئی بات نَہِیں
- کوئِی مَسْئَلَہ نَہِیں (koī masala nahī̃)reply to thanks
- کوئی بات نَہِیں (koī bāt nahī̃)reply to thanks
- نوازش (navāziś)reply to thanks
- تابع دار (tābe’-dār)reply to thanks
- زہے نصیب (zahe nasīb)reply to thanks
Vietnamese không có gì, không có chi
- không có gìreply to thanks
- không có chireply to thanks
- đừng ngạireply to thanks
- không sao đâureply to thanks
- không dámreply to thanks
Welsh da chi
- da chireply to thanks
Yiddish נישטאָ פֿאַרוואָס, צו געזונט
- נישטאָ פֿאַרוואָס (nishto farvos)reply to thanks
- צו געזונט (tsu gezunt)reply to thanks
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Chicago
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