gracias por seguirme
/ɡɾaθjas poɾ seɡiɾme/from spelling rules
In Spanish, "thank you for the follow" is expressed as gracias por seguirme.
This phrase is used to express gratitude to someone who has started following your account on a social media platform.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of gracias (thanks), por (for), seguir (to follow) and the enclitic pronoun -me (me).
Which one should you use?
Gracias por seguirme is the standard way to thank a person for following your profile. In contrast, gracias por el seguimiento sounds more like a business term for a "follow-up" or "monitoring."
How does it change in a sentence?
In Spanish, when expressing thanks for an action, the preposition por is followed by the infinitive form of the verb.
How do you pronounce it?
/ɡɾaθjas poɾ seɡiɾme/
Did you know?
- Because seguir also means 'to continue', using gracias por seguirme in a non-digital context can accidentally mean 'thank you for continuing with me' or 'thank you for sticking by me'.
- Spanish has a specific word seguidor for a social media follower, but it is also the exact word used for a 'follower' of a religion or a political leader.
- In some Spanish-speaking regions, users might respond to a follow with ¡Gracias por el follow!, treating the English word 'follow' as a Spanish noun.
Examples in context
- ¡Gracias por seguirme!Thank you for following me!
- Muchas gracias por seguirme en Instagram.Thank you very much for following me on Instagram.
- Oye, gracias por seguirme, de verdad.Hey, thank you for following me, truly.
Example conversation
María and Alejandro are chatting via direct messages on social media.
- María¡Hola, Alejandro! Gracias por seguirme.Hi, Alejandro! Thank you for following me.
- AlejandroDe nada, María. Me gusta tu contenido.You're welcome, María. I like your content.
- María¿En serio? Muchas gracias.Really? Thank you very much.
- AlejandroNo hay de qué, ¡un placer!No problem, it's a pleasure!
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
