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English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] Interjection [ edit ] you bet
( idiomatic ) Expresses support , agreement , certainty or emphasis . You bet they'll re-run such a successful show next season.
( idiomatic , informal ) Certainly , you're welcome ; a reply to thank you or to a request . “Hey, thanks for all your hard work yesterday.” / “You bet !”
1922 A Thousand a Plate :“Course it's mighty hard to tell till we've put out a few traps,” said the former, “but it looks to me like we've struck it lucky.”You bet ,” Dobbs agreed. “I don't believe this here valley ever was trapped. We ain't come across no sign of any old camp—not so much as a blazed tree [ …] ”
Translations [ edit ] certainly (reply to a request)
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: to si piš jasně (cs)
Dutch: nou en of en of
Esperanto: pli volonte
Estonian: kindlasti (et)
Finnish: varmasti (fi) , täältä pesee (fi)
French: plutôt (fr) , oui (fr) , y a intérêt je veux un peu (fr) , rien qu’un peu bien sûr (fr)
German: und ob (de) , aber hallo
Greek: σίγουρα (el) ( sígoura )
Hungarian: naná (hu) , még szép az biztos
Italian: altroché ( to one person, informal ) puoi scommetterci ci puoi scommettere ( to one person, formal ) può scommetterci ci può scommettere ( to several people ) potete scommetterci ci potete scommettere
Japanese: もちろん (ja) ( mochiron )
Maori: e mea ana ehara ehara
Portuguese: ( to one person ) pode apostar ( to several people ) podem apostar
Russian: ещё бы (ru) ( ješčó by ) , а то́ (ru) ( a tó ) , ещё как ( ješčó kak )
Thai: คุณพนัน ( kun pá-nan )
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