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de nada

interjectionBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “de nada” mean in English?

  1. you're welcome

Example sentences

  • —Gracias. —De nada.

    —Thanks. —You're welcome.

  • —Gracias por venir. —De nada, fue un placer.

    —Thanks for coming. —You're welcome, it was a pleasure.

  • —Muchas gracias. —De nada, hombre.

    —Thank you very much. —Don't mention it, man.

How to use it

De nada means 'you're welcome' (literally 'of nothing'). The standard reply to gracias. Latin American alternative: a la orden or con gusto.

Common mistake

Don't translate literally as 'of nothing'. The idiomatic English equivalent is 'you're welcome' or 'don't mention it'.

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 30.