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): /uˈsenθja/ [uˈsẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /uˈsensja/ [uˈsẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: u‧sen‧cia
Pronoun
usencia m or f by sense (plural usencias)
- (archaic, formal) second person; your Excellency; you (singular)
- (archaic, formal) second person; your reverence; you (singular)
References
Further reading
- “usencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024