How do you say thank you in Japanese?

Arigatō (ありがとう) is the everyday thank you. Arigatō gozaimasu (ありがとうございます) is more polite, and dōmo arigatō adds emphasis. The usual reply is dō itashimashite (どういたしまして).

How do you say thank you in Spanish?

Gracias, or muchas gracias for thank you very much. The usual reply is de nada, which literally means of nothing.

How do you say thank you in Korean?

Gamsahamnida (감사합니다) and gomapseumnida (고맙습니다) are both polite and safe with anyone. With close friends, people say gomawo (고마워).

Why does the reply to thank you sometimes mean please?

In German, Slovak, Greek and Hebrew, the usual reply to thanks is the same word used for please: bitte, prosím, parakaló and bevakasha. Context tells you which one is meant.

Thank You in 85 Languages, and What People Say Back

After hello, thank you is the word you'll use most in any language. It is also the easiest way to be kind to someone who is helping you practice, and people remember when you make the effort.

Below are 85 languages in native script, with romanization in brackets for non-Latin scripts. The third column shows the usual reply, the local "you're welcome". Every thank you was checked in two references (Wiktionary and Omniglot). For the reply, we only list it where both agree, otherwise you'll see a dash.

Thank you in 85 languages

Language	Thank you	Usual reply
Spanish	Gracias	De nada
French	Merci	De rien
German	Danke	Bitte
Italian	Grazie	Prego
Portuguese	Obrigado (said by a man), obrigada (by a woman)	-
Dutch	Dank je (casual), dank u (polite)	Graag gedaan
Afrikaans	Dankie	Plesier
Swedish	Tack	Ingen orsak
Danish	Tak	Det var så lidt
Norwegian	Takk	Ingen årsak
Finnish	Kiitos	Eipä kestä
Icelandic	Takk fyrir	Það var ekkert
Polish	Dziękuję	Nie ma za co
Czech	Děkuji	Není zač
Slovak	Ďakujem	Prosím
Hungarian	Köszönöm	Szívesen
Romanian	Mulțumesc	Cu plăcere
Russian	Спасибо (spasibo)	Не за что (ne za chto)
Ukrainian	Дякую (dyakuyu)	Будь ласка (bud laska)
Belarusian	Дзякуй (dziakuj)	Няма за што (niama za shto)
Bulgarian	Благодаря (blagodarya)	Няма защо (nyama zashto)
Macedonian	Благодарам (blagodaram)	Нема на што (nema na shto)
Croatian	Hvala	Nema na čemu
Greek	Ευχαριστώ (efcharistó)	Παρακαλώ (parakaló)
Lithuanian	Ačiū	Prašom
Latvian	Paldies	Lūdzu
Estonian	Aitäh	Pole tänu väärt
Maltese	Grazzi	Ta' xejn
Basque	Eskerrik asko	-
Catalan	Gràcies	De res
Galician	Grazas	De nada
Welsh	Diolch	-
Irish	Go raibh maith agat	Tá fáilte romhat
Scottish Gaelic	Tapadh leat	'S e do bheatha
Turkish	Teşekkür ederim	Rica ederim
Azerbaijani	Təşəkkür edirəm	Dəyməz
Uzbek	Rahmat	Arzimaydi
Kazakh	Рахмет (rakhmet)	Оқасы жоқ (oqasy joq)
Kyrgyz	Рахмат (rakhmat)	-
Mongolian	Баярлалаа (bayarlalaa)	Зүгээр (zügeer)
Georgian	მადლობა (madloba)	არაფერს (arapers)
Armenian	Շնորհակալ եմ (shnorhakal em)	Խնդրեմ (khndrem)
Arabic	شكرا (shukran)	عفوا (afwan)
Hebrew	תודה (toda)	בבקשה (bevakasha)
Persian	ممنونم (mamnunam)	خواهش می‌کنم (khahesh mikonam)
Urdu	شکریہ (shukriya)	کوئی بات نہیں (koi baat nahin)
Pashto	مننه (manana)	-
Kurdish (Sorani)	سوپاس (supas)	-
Hindi	धन्यवाद (dhanyavad)	कोई बात नहीं (koi baat nahin)
Bengali	ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)	-
Punjabi	ਸ਼ੁਕਰਿਆ (shukriya)	-
Gujarati	આભાર (aabhar)	-
Marathi	धन्यवाद (dhanyavad)	-
Nepali	धन्यवाद (dhanyavad)	-
Tamil	நன்றி (nandri)	-
Telugu	ధన్యవాదాలు (dhanyavadalu)	-
Kannada	ಧನ್ಯವಾದ (dhanyavada)	-
Malayalam	നന്ദി (nandi)	-
Sinhala	ස්තුතියි (stutiyi)	-
Thai	ขอบคุณ (khop khun)	ไม่เป็นไร (mai pen rai)
Lao	ຂອບໃຈ (khop chai)	ບໍ່ເປັນຫຍັງ (bo pen nyang)
Khmer	អរគុណ (arkun)	-
Burmese	ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ် (kyay zu tin ba deh)	ရပါတယ် (ya ba deh)
Vietnamese	Cảm ơn	Không có gì
Mandarin Chinese	谢谢 (xièxie)	不客气 (bú kèqi)
Cantonese	多謝 (do je) for a gift, 唔該 (m goi) for a favour	唔使客氣 (m sai haak hei)
Japanese	ありがとう (arigatō)	どういたしまして (dō itashimashite)
Korean	감사합니다 (gamsahamnida)	-
Indonesian	Terima kasih	Sama-sama
Malay	Terima kasih	Sama-sama
Javanese	Matur nuwun	-
Tagalog	Salamat	Walang anuman
Hawaiian	Mahalo	-
Samoan	Faʻafetai	-
Swahili	Asante	-
Amharic	አመሰግናለሁ (ameseggnallehu)	-
Hausa	Na gode	-
Yoruba	Ẹ ṣeun	-
Igbo	Daalụ	-
Zulu	Ngiyabonga	-
Xhosa	Enkosi	-
Somali	Mahadsanid	-
Haitian Creole	Mèsi	-
Esperanto	Dankon	Nedankinde
Navajo	Ahéheeʼ	-

Thank you very much

Most languages make thanks stronger the same way English does, by adding "very much" or "many". A few to know:

Spanish: muchas gracias
French: merci beaucoup
German: vielen Dank or danke schön
Italian: grazie mille, literally "a thousand thanks"
Swedish: tusen tack, also "a thousand thanks"
Polish: dziękuję bardzo
Russian: bolshoye spasibo (большое спасибо)
Japanese: dōmo arigatō gozaimasu
Indonesian: terima kasih banyak

When the reply doesn't mean "you're welcome"

The reply to thanks is often not a word for welcome at all. In Spanish, de nada means "of nothing", and in French, de rien means the same. In Russian, ne za chto means "not for anything".

In German, Slovak, Greek and Hebrew, the usual reply is the word for please: bitte, prosím, parakaló and bevakasha. Thai mai pen rai means "never mind" or "it's nothing", and people use it for much more than replying to thanks.

A thank you that depends on who says it

Some languages change the word depending on the speaker or the situation:

Portuguese: a man says obrigado and a woman says obrigada, because it agrees with the speaker, not the listener.
Cantonese: do je (多謝) is for a gift, and m goi (唔該) is for a favour or a service.
Dutch: dank je with friends, dank u with strangers and older people.
Japanese and Korean: the form shows how polite you are being, from casual arigatō and gomawo to the polite arigatō gozaimasu and gamsahamnida.

If you aren't sure which one to use with someone new, take the polite one. It is never wrong, and the other person will tell you if you can relax.

Practice it with a real person

Lists help you remember, but the words stick when you use them with someone. Our hello in 79 languages list covers the first word, and the daily hello game helps you recognise scripts. To try both with real people from other countries, try Olu for a free text chat with someone abroad, with translation built in when you need it. Olu is for adults 18 and over.