vuestra merced

Spanish

Alternative forms
  • vuessa merced

Etymology

vuestra (“your”) + merced (“mercy”)

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

Pronoun

vuestra merced (plural vuestras mercedes)

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