vuesarced

Spanish

Etymology

Shortened form of vuestra merced.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bwesaɾˈθed/ [bwe.saɾˈθeð̞]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bwesaɾˈsed/ [bwe.saɾˈseð̞]
• Rhymes: -ed
• Syllabification: vue‧sar‧ced

Pronoun

vuesarced

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

Usage notes

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

Further reading

• “vuesarced”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28