vuesa merced
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Shortened form of vuesa (“your”) + merced (“mercy”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˌbwesa meɾˈθed/ [ˌbwe.sa meɾˈθeð̞]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˌbwesa meɾˈsed/ [ˌbwe.sa meɾˈseð̞]
- Syllabification: vue‧sa mer‧ced
Pronoun edit
- (archaic, formal) your grace; your mercy; you
Usage notes edit
- 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.