usarced

Spanish

Etymology

Shortened form of vuestra merced.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /usaɾˈθed/ [u.saɾˈθeð̞]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /usaɾˈsed/ [u.saɾˈseð̞]
• Rhymes: -ed
• Syllabification: u‧sar‧ced

Pronoun

usarced

1. (archaic, 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

• “usarced”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10