Phrase guide

you're welcome

phrase · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

phrase

Meaning 1

Used to acknowledge thanks; ritual reply to “thank you”.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

phrase

Meaning 2

Used (often preemptively) to imply that the speaker ought to be thanked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

phrase

Meaning 3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see you're, welcome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From 1907 (as reply to thank you).

Across languages

Translations

279 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Acehnese: geut — reply to thanks
  • Afrikaans: plesier! — reply to thanks
  • Ainu: ピリカ ワ (piraka wa) — reply to thanks
  • Albanian: të lutem — reply to thanks
  • Albanian: nuk ka përse — reply to thanks
  • Albanian: s'ka përse — reply to thanks
  • Alutiiq: canaituq — reply to thanks
  • Alutiiq: quyanaituq — reply to thanks
  • Jicarilla: haééʼą — reply to thanks
  • Western Apache: ahíyi'é — reply to thanks
  • Arabic: عَفْوًا (ʕafwan) — reply to thanks
  • Arabic: الْعَفْو (al-ʕafw) — reply to thanks
  • Arabic: لَا شُكْرَ عَلَى وَظِيفَةٍ (lā šukra ʕalā waẓīfatin) — reply to thanks
  • Arabic: عَلَى الرُّحْبِ وَٱلسَّعَة (ʕalā r-ruḥbi wa-s-saʕa) — reply to thanks
  • Arabic: عفوًا (ʕafwan) — reply to thanks
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܫܲܝܢܵܐ (b-šaynā) — reply to thanks
  • Armenian: խնդրեմ (xndrem) — reply to thanks
  • Asturian: de nada — reply to thanks
  • Azerbaijani: dəyməz — reply to thanks
  • Basque: ez horregatik — reply to thanks
  • Belarusian: няма́ за што́ (njamá za štó) — reply to thanks
  • Belarusian: на спажы́так (na spažýtak) — reply to thanks
  • Belarusian: на здароўе (na zdaroŭje) — reply to thanks
  • Central Bikol: daing ano man dai tabing ano man — reply to thanks
  • Breton: mann ebet — reply to thanks
  • Bulgarian: ня́ма защо́ (njáma zaštó) — reply to thanks
  • Bulgarian: моля́ (moljá) — reply to thanks
  • Burmese: ရပါတယ် (ra.patai) — reply to thanks
  • Burmese: ကိစ္စမရှိပါဘူး (kicca.ma.hri.pabhu:) — reply to thanks
  • Catalan: de res — reply to thanks
  • Catalan: no es mereixen — reply to thanks
  • Cebuano: wala'y sapayan — reply to thanks
  • Cebuano: wa'y sapayan — reply to thanks
  • Chechen: массарна а (massarna a) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese Cantonese: 唔使客氣 /唔使客气 (m4 sai2 haak3 hei3) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese Cantonese: 唔使 (m4 sai2) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese Cantonese: 應該嘅 /应该嘅 (jing1 goi1 ge3) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese Cantonese: 乜說話 /乜说话 (mat1 syut3 waa6) — reply to thanks
  • Hakka Chinese: 毋使細義 /毋使细义 (m̀-sṳ́ se-ngi) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese: 免客氣 /免客气 (bián kheh-khì) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese: 毋免客氣 /毋免客气 (m̄-bián kheh-khì) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese: 莫客氣 /莫客气 (mài kheh-khì) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不客氣 /不客气 (bù kèqi) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不用謝 /不用谢 (bùyòngxiè) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不謝 /不谢 (bùxiè) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沒事 /没事 (méishì) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 應該的 /应该的 (yīnggāi de) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沒事兒 /没事儿 (méishìr) — reply to thanks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不會 /不会 (bùhuì) — reply to thanks
  • Wu Chinese: 勿要客氣 /勿要客气 (6veq8-iau 7khaq-chi) — reply to thanks
  • Czech: není zač — reply to thanks
  • Czech: prosím — reply to thanks
  • Czech: rádo se stalo — reply to thanks
  • Czech: za málo — reply to thanks
  • Danish: det var så lidt — reply to thanks
  • Danish: ingen årsag — reply to thanks
  • Danish: åh, jeg be'r — reply to thanks
  • Danish: velbekomme — reply to thanks
  • Danish: selv tak — reply to thanks
  • Dutch: graag gedaan — reply to thanks
  • Dutch: geen dank — reply to thanks
  • Dutch: niets te danken — reply to thanks
  • Esperanto: ne dankinde — reply to thanks
  • Esperanto: nedankinde — reply to thanks
  • Estonian: pole tänu väärt — reply to thanks
  • Estonian: võta heaks — reply to thanks
  • Faroese: einki at takka fyri — reply to thanks
  • Faroese: tað var so lítið — reply to thanks
  • Faroese: eingin orsøk — reply to thanks
  • Finnish: ole hyvä — reply to thanks
  • Finnish: eipä kestä — reply to thanks
  • Finnish: eipä mitään — reply to thanks
  • French: de rien — reply to thanks
  • French: il n'y a pas de quoi — reply to thanks
  • French: pas de quoi — reply to thanks
  • French: je vous en prie — reply to thanks
  • French: je t'en prie — reply to thanks
  • French: avec plaisir — reply to thanks
  • French: à votre service — reply to thanks
  • French: à ton service — reply to thanks
  • French: s'il vous plaît — reply to thanks
  • French: bienvenue — reply to thanks
  • French: t'inquiète — reply to thanks
  • West-Frisian: graach dien — reply to thanks
  • Galician: de nada — reply to thanks
  • Galician: non hai de que — reply to thanks
  • Galician: non foi nada — reply to thanks
  • Georgian: არაფრის (arapris) — reply to thanks
  • Georgian: არაფერს (arapers) — reply to thanks
  • German: bitte — reply to thanks
  • German: gern geschehen — reply to thanks
  • German: keine Ursache — reply to thanks
  • German: nichts zu danken — reply to thanks
  • Greek: τίποτα (típota) — reply to thanks
  • Greek: δεν κάνει τίποτα (den kánei típota) — reply to thanks
  • Greek: ευχαρίστησή μου (efcharístisí mou) — reply to thanks
  • Greenlandic: illillu — reply to thanks
  • Hawaiian: he mea iki — reply to thanks
  • Hawaiian: he mea ʻole — reply to thanks
  • Hebrew: אֵין בְּעַד מה — reply to thanks
  • Hindi: कुछ नहीं (kuch nahī̃) — reply to thanks
  • Hindi: कोई बात नहीं (koī bāt nahī̃) — reply to thanks
  • Hindi: आपका स्वागत है (āpkā svāgat hai) — reply to thanks
  • Hungarian: szívesen — reply to thanks
  • Hungarian: nagyon szívesen — reply to thanks
  • Hungarian: nincs mit — reply to thanks
  • Icelandic: ekkert að þakka — reply to thanks
  • Icelandic: það var ekkert — reply to thanks
  • Icelandic: það var lítið — reply to thanks
  • Icelandic: gjörðu svo vel — reply to thanks
  • Icelandic: það er sjálfþakkað — reply to thanks
  • Ido: ne dankinde — reply to thanks
  • Ido: vu esas plezure aceptata — reply to thanks
  • Ilocano: ania ti ania man — reply to thanks
  • Indonesian: terima kasih kembali — reply to thanks
  • Indonesian: sama-sama — reply to thanks
  • Ingrian: ei milt — reply to thanks
  • Irish: tá fáilte romhat — reply to thanks
  • Irish: níl a bhuíochas ort — reply to thanks
  • Italian: prego — reply to thanks
  • Italian: di niente — reply to thanks
  • Italian: non c'è di che — reply to thanks
  • Italian: di nulla — reply to thanks
  • Italian: è un piacere — reply to thanks
  • Japanese: どういたしまして (dō itashimashite) — reply to thanks
  • Japanese: いいえ (īe) — reply to thanks
  • Jingpho: galoi mung garum na gin gin re — reply to thanks
  • Kannada: ಏನು ಇಲ್ಲ (ēnu illa) — reply to thanks
  • Kazakh: оқасы жоқ (oqasy joq) — reply to thanks
  • Khmer: អញ្ជើញ (ʼɑɑʼɑñcəəñ) — reply to thanks
  • Khmer: មានអី (miən ʼəy) — reply to thanks
  • Khmer: មិនអ្វីទេ (mɨn ʼaʼvəy tei) — reply to thanks
  • Khmer: អត់អី (ʼɑt ʼəy) — reply to thanks
  • Khmer: មានអីទេ (mɨn ʼəy tei) — reply to thanks
  • Komi-Zyrian: пӧжалуйста (pöžalujsta) — reply to thanks
  • Komi-Zyrian: нинӧм вылӧ (ńinöm vylö) — reply to thanks
  • Korean: 천만에요 (cheonman-eyo) — reply to thanks
  • Korean: 아니에요 (anieyo) — reply to thanks
  • Korean: 별말씀을요 (byeolmalsseum-eur-yo) — reply to thanks
  • Korean: 천만의 말씀입니다 (cheonman-ui malsseum-imnida) — reply to thanks
  • Korean: 별것 아니었습니다 (byeolgeot anieotseumnida) — reply to thanks
  • Korean: 별거 아니에요 (byeolgeo anieyo) — reply to thanks
  • Korean: 괜찮아요 (gwaenchanayo) — reply to thanks
  • Korean: 고맙긴요 (gomapgin-yo) — reply to thanks
  • Korean: 뭘요 (mwor-yo) — reply to thanks
  • Central Kurdish: شایانی نِیە (şayanî niye) — reply to thanks
  • Northern Kurdish: spasxweş — reply to thanks
  • Lao: ບໍ່ເປັນຫຍັງ (bǭ pen nyang) — reply to thanks
  • Latin: libenter — reply to thanks
  • Latin: libens — reply to thanks
  • Latin: nihil est — reply to thanks
  • Latvian: vienmēr lūdzu — reply to thanks
  • Latvian: lūdzu — reply to thanks
  • Lithuanian: prašom — reply to thanks
  • Lithuanian: visada prašom — reply to thanks
  • Lithuanian: nėra už ką — reply to thanks
  • Lithuanian: nėr už ką — reply to thanks
  • Low German: nix to bedanken — reply to thanks
  • Low German: geern daan — reply to thanks
  • Low German: geern schehn — reply to thanks
  • Luxembourgish: keng Ursaach — reply to thanks
  • Macedonian: не́ма на́ што (néma ná što) — reply to thanks
  • Macedonian: мо́лам (mólam) — reply to thanks
  • Malay: sama-sama — reply to thanks
  • Malay: terima kasih kembali — reply to thanks
  • Malayalam: സ്വാഗതം (svāgataṁ) — reply to thanks
  • Maltese: ta’ xejn — reply to thanks
  • Maltese: m’hemmx għalxiex — reply to thanks
  • Maltese: xi ħaġa żgħira — reply to thanks
  • Maltese: m’hemmx imniex — reply to thanks
  • Māori: e pai ana — reply to thanks
  • Eastern Mari: таза лий (taza ĺij) — reply to thanks
  • Mongolian: зүгээр (zügeer) — reply to thanks
  • Navajo: aooʼ — reply to thanks
  • Navajo: lą́ʼąąʼ — reply to thanks
  • Navajo: tʼááʼáko — reply to thanks
  • Navajo: hágoshį́į́ — reply to thanks
  • Navajo: bíighah — reply to thanks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bare hyggelig — reply to thanks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ingen årsak — reply to thanks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: værsågod — reply to thanks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: velbekomme — reply to thanks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: berre hyggeleg — reply to thanks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: det var så lite — reply to thanks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: inga årsak — reply to thanks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølv takk — reply to thanks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ver så god — reply to thanks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vel unnt — reply to thanks
  • Occitan: amb plaser — reply to thanks
  • Iranian Persian: خواهِش میکُنَم (xâheš mi-konam) — reply to thanks
  • Iranian Persian: قابِل نَداشْت (ġâbel nadâšt) — reply to thanks
  • Iranian Persian: قابِلی نَداشْت (ġâbeli nadâšt) — reply to thanks
  • Iranian Persian: قابِلی نَدارَد (ġâbeli nadârad) — reply to thanks
  • Iranian Persian: قابِل نَدارِه (ġâbel nadâre) — reply to thanks
  • Polish: proszę — reply to thanks
  • Polish: proszę bardzo — reply to thanks
  • Polish: nie ma za co — reply to thanks
  • Polish: spoko — reply to thanks
  • Polish: spoczko — reply to thanks
  • Polish: sponio — reply to thanks
  • Portuguese: de nada — reply to thanks
  • Portuguese: não há de quê — reply to thanks
  • Portuguese: disponha — reply to thanks
  • Portuguese: por nada — reply to thanks
  • Romani: na-i sosqe — reply to thanks
  • Romanian: cu plăcere — reply to thanks
  • Romanian: pentru nimic — reply to thanks
  • Romanian: nu ai pentru ce — reply to thanks
  • Romanian: nu aveți pentru ce — reply to thanks
  • Romanian: cu drag — reply to thanks
  • Russian: не́ за что (né za što) — reply to thanks
  • Russian: пожа́луйста (požálujsta) — reply to thanks
  • Russian: не сто́ит благода́рности (ne stóit blagodárnosti) — reply to thanks
  • Russian: на здоро́вье (na zdoróvʹje) — reply to thanks
  • Inari-Sami: pyerrin liävus — reply to thanks
  • Northern Sami: leage buorre — reply to thanks
  • Skolt-Sami: leäkku pue ́rr — reply to thanks
  • Samoan: fa'afetai fo'i — reply to thanks
  • Sanskrit: सुस्वागतम् (susvāgatam) — reply to thanks
  • Scottish Gaelic: 's e do bheatha — reply to thanks
  • Scottish Gaelic: 's e ur beatha — reply to thanks
  • Scottish Gaelic: tha sibh di-beathte — reply to thanks
  • Serbo-Croatian: нема на чему — reply to thanks
  • Serbo-Croatian: молим — reply to thanks
  • Serbo-Croatian: nema na čemu — reply to thanks
  • Serbo-Croatian: molim — reply to thanks
  • Slovak: nie je za čo — reply to thanks
  • Slovak: za málo — reply to thanks
  • Slovak: prosím — reply to thanks
  • Slovene: ni za kaj — reply to thanks
  • Lower Sorbian: pšosym — reply to thanks
  • Spanish: de nada — reply to thanks
  • Spanish: con mucho gusto — reply to thanks
  • Spanish: no hay de qué — reply to thanks
  • Spanish: no hay por qué — reply to thanks
  • Spanish: con gusto — reply to thanks
  • Sundanese: sami-sami — reply to thanks
  • Swahili: karibu — reply to thanks
  • Swedish: varsågod — reply to thanks
  • Swedish: det var så lite — reply to thanks
  • Swedish: ingen orsak — reply to thanks
  • Tagalog: walang anuman — reply to thanks
  • Tagalog: wala pong anuman — reply to thanks
  • Tajik: саломат бошед (salomat bošed) — reply to thanks
  • Tajik: марҳамат (marhamat) — reply to thanks
  • Tamil: வரவேற்கிறேன் (varavēṟkiṟēṉ) — reply to thanks
  • Tigrinya: ገንዘብካ (gänzäbka) — reply to thanks
  • Turkish: bir şey değil — reply to thanks
  • Turkish: önemli değil — reply to thanks
  • Turkish: rica ederim — reply to thanks
  • Turkish: ben teşekkür ederim — reply to thanks
  • Turkish: seve seve — reply to thanks
  • Udmurt: тауна (tauna) — reply to thanks
  • Ukrainian: будь ла́ска (budʹ láska) — reply to thanks
  • Ukrainian: нема́ за що́ (nemá za ščó) — reply to thanks
  • Ukrainian: на здорóв'я (na zdoróvʺja) — reply to thanks
  • Urdu: کوئِی مَسْئَلَہ نَہِیں (koī masala nahī̃) — reply to thanks
  • Urdu: کوئی بات نَہِیں (koī bāt nahī̃) — reply to thanks
  • Urdu: نوازش (navāziś) — reply to thanks
  • Urdu: تابع دار (tābe’-dār) — reply to thanks
  • Urdu: زہے نصیب (zahe nasīb) — reply to thanks
  • Uzbek: arzimaydi — reply to thanks
  • Uzbek: marhamat — reply to thanks
  • Uzbek: hech qisi yoʻq — reply to thanks
  • Vietnamese: không có gì — reply to thanks
  • Vietnamese: không có chi — reply to thanks
  • Vietnamese: đừng ngại — reply to thanks
  • Vietnamese: không sao đâu — reply to thanks
  • Vietnamese: không dám — reply to thanks
  • Walloon: gn a rén avou ça — reply to thanks
  • Walloon: i n' fåt rén po çoula — reply to thanks
  • Welsh: da chi — reply to thanks
  • Yiddish: נישטאָ פֿאַרוואָס (nishto farvos) — reply to thanks
  • Yiddish: צו געזונט (tsu gezunt) — reply to thanks
  • Yoruba: kò tọ́pẹ́ — reply to thanks
  • Yoruba: a kì í dúpẹ́ ara ẹni — reply to thanks
  • Yoruba: má dúpẹ́ — reply to thanks
  • Yucatec Maya: mix baʼal — reply to thanks
  • Zhuang: gaej guhhek — reply to thanks