While de nada (you’re welcome) is a perfectly acceptable way to respond to gracias (thank you), you can also use “my pleasure” in Spanish as a warmer, more meaningful alternative.
This guide will help you elevate your acknowledgements in Spanish by showing you how to assure a friend or a stranger that helping them was a pleasure or no problem at all. You’ll quickly learn to combine them with de nada or use the phrases on their own.
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Un placer
As the direct translation of “pleasure,” you can’t go wrong with using placer to respond to “thank you” in Spanish. It’s often combined with the Spanish indefinite article un (a) and often used alongside ser (to be), a common irregular verb in Spanish.
Un placer tends to be slightly formal, so it’s best used when you’re talking to strangers or people you’ve just met. Here’s how:
- Gracias por ayudarme. = Thank you for helping me.
- Un placer. = My pleasure.
- Agradezco su ayuda con esto. = I appreciate your help with this.
- Es un placer. = My pleasure.
No hay de qué
As you’re learning how to order food and drinks in Spanish, you’ll want to remember to say gracias to your server. Don’t be surprised if you hear no hay de qué instead of de nada as a response, which is the server’s way of telling you that no thanks is needed.
No hay de qué is mostly used in professional and service-oriented contexts to acknowledge gratitude. Here’s how it’s used to express “my pleasure” in Spanish:
- Gracias por la consulta, doctor. = Thanks for the consultation, doctor.
- No hay de qué. = My pleasure.
- Gracias por arreglar mi computadora. = Thanks for fixing my computer.
- No hay de qué. = My pleasure.
Con gusto
Con gusto is a less formal option used to assure someone that you enjoyed helping them. Con gusto, and the more emphatic con mucho gusto, are the most common ways to say “you’re welcome” in Costa Rica, where the national saying Pura Vida exudes a genuine pleasure in helping others.
Here’s how it’s used in conversation:
- Aprecio mucho que hayas venido.= I really appreciate you coming.
- Con mucho gusto. = My pleasure.
- Gracias por escucharme. = Thanks for listening to me.
- Con gusto. = My pleasure.
Alternative phrases for ‘my pleasure’ in Spanish
Just as me gustaría and quisiera are alternatives to quiero, the main translation of “I want” in Spanish, there are several other great phrases you can use to respond to “thank you” in Spanish, allowing you to express “my pleasure” with greater nuance and understanding of the language.
| Spanish | English |
| a la orden | you’re welcome/don’t mention it |
| olvídalo | forget it |
| no es nada | it’s nothing |
| no hay problema | no problem |
| encantado de ayudar | happy to help |
| por supuesto | of course |
When someone asks you, “How do you say my pleasure in Spanish?” un placer, no hay de qué, and con gusto are your go-to responses depending on the level of formality. These phrases are key to building your conversational skills, which you can work on with the Rosetta Stone App. With bite-sized narratives, conversational tips, and real-world contexts, you can practice saying “my pleasure” in Spanish as well as similar phrases.
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