usted

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Ud.
• Vd.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [usˈteð]

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• Rhymes: -eð

Etymology

From vuestra merced (an honorific style, literally "your mercy"). Compare with the Portuguese você.

Pronoun

usted m and f (plural ustedes)

1. second person formal; you (singular)
2. (Colombia, chiefly Bogotá) second person informal; you (singular)

Usage notes

Functionally, usted and ustedes are second person pronouns, but grammatically, the verbs they govern are conjugated in the third person. See Appendix:Spanish pronouns for details.

See also

    Spanish pronouns

First person: singular: yo, mí, me plural: nosotros, nosotras, nos Second person: tuteo: tú, ti, te voseo: vos, te formal: usted, ustedes, le, les familiar plural: vosotros, vosotras, ustedes, os, les

Third person: masculine: él, ellos, lo, le, los, les feminine: ella, ellas, la, le, las, les neuter: ello, lo, le Demonstrative: este, esta, esto, estos, estas ese, esa, eso, esos, esas aquel, aquella, aquello, aquellos, aquellas