vuscenza
Sicilian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- voscenza (italianized)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed, and nativized, from Spanish vuecencia, from vue(stra) + (ex)c(el)encia, literally “your excellency”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]vuscenza f sg (singular only)
- (formal, honorific, courtly, now dated) indefinite pronoun; Your Lordship, Your Ladyship, Your Excellency
- Synonym: vussìa
- Vuscenza vulissi n'anticchia di acqua?
- Would you like to drink some water?
- (polite, slightly ironic) you
Usage notes
[edit]- In place of the indicative present tense, this noun is typically used with the subjunctive past tense, third-person singular, to express a kind and indirect utterance.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Italian: voscenza