Is there a difference "de nada, por nada y pues nada"?

Question

do they all mean you're welcome

gracias ... por nada

I will use "de nada" gracias todos - readytodictate, Aug 28, 2012

Answer 1

I'll do my best. Take into account that I am not a native speaker.

Of course, "de nada" is You're welcome (more literally, "It was (of?) nothing")

I think "por nada" is used to mostly to say "for nothing (in the world)" or "for no reason."

• ej. I wouldn't do that for anything in world - No haría eso por nada.
• ej. From the dictionary: Por nada se echa a llorar - "She's always crying over nothing/for no reason."

I did, however, see some uses similar to "de nada".

Regarding "pues nada", I believe that is more like a filler, comparable to "well..."

• ej. From dictionary: Pues nada, me voy - Well I'm off then;

Has acertado con tu respuesta , te felicito - Yeiyei, Aug 27, 2012

Gracias :o) - Goldie_Miel, Aug 29, 2012

Answer 2

De nada >> You are welcome >> De nada , ya me lo pagarás luego Por nada>>For nothing >>> No me haría un tatuaje por nada del mundo Pues nada >> So...(send-off) >>> Pues nada , ya nos veremos mañana

Answer 3

I have never heard "pues nada" used to mean "you're welcome, but I do hear "de nada" and "por nada". As far as I know "de nada" is used pretty much universally throughout Spanish speaking countries. The use of "por nada" is very regional. I know some people from certain parts of Mexico that respond to "gracias" with "por nada", but a lot of Mexicans I know as well as Spanish speakers from other countries find this use a little odd.

I bought something in a pharmacy in Santiago, Chile and when I said Gracias, she said, 'por nada'. - katydew, Aug 28, 2012

I find por nada odd too for you're welcome gracias that's why I asked the question I thought it was insulting - readytodictate, Aug 28, 2012