usencia

Spanish

Etymology

From vuestra excelencia (literally “your excellence”) or vuestra reverencia (literally “your reverence”); an honorific style. Compare with more modern usted.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /uˈsenθja/ [uˈsẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /uˈsensja/ [uˈsẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: u‧sen‧cia

Pronoun

usencia m or f by sense (plural usencias)

1. (archaic, formal) second person; your Excellency; you (singular)
2. (archaic, formal) second person; your reverence; you (singular)

References

• vuestra excelencia
• vuestra reverencia

Further reading

• “usencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16