vuesa merced

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbwesa meɾˈθed/ [ˌbwe.sa meɾˈθeð̞] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ˌbwesa meɾˈsed/ [ˌbwe.sa meɾˈseð̞] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • 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.
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