vuestra merced

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

vuestra (“your”) + merced (“mercy”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbwestɾa meɾˈθed/ [ˌbwes.t̪ɾa meɾˈθeð̞] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ˌbwestɾa meɾˈsed/ [ˌbwes.t̪ɾa meɾˈseð̞] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Syllabification: vues‧tra mer‧ced

Pronoun

vuestra merced (plural vuestras mercedes)

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

Usage notes

  • Like the modern equivalents usted, Portuguese você and the English equivalent your grace, the pronoun vuestra merced is formal and semantically second person singular, but grammatically third person singular.
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