vuesa merced

Spanish

Etymology

Shortened form of vuesa (“your”) + merced (“mercy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˌbwesa meɾˈθed/ [ˌbwe.sa meɾˈθeð̞]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˌbwesa meɾˈsed/ [ˌbwe.sa meɾˈseð̞]
• Syllabification: vue‧sa mer‧ced

Pronoun

vuesa merced

1. (archaic, formal) your grace; your mercy; you

Usage notes

• Like the modern equivalent usted and the English equivalent your grace, the pronoun vuesa merced is formal and semantically second person, but grammatically third person.