Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Shortened form of vuestra excelencia

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /bweseˈlenθja/ [bwe.seˈlẽn̟.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /bweseˈlensja/ [bwe.seˈlẽn.sja]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: vue‧se‧len‧cia

Pronoun edit

vueselencia

  1. (obsolete, formal) Your Excellency

Usage notes edit

  • Like the modern equivalent usted and the English equivalent your grace, the pronoun vueselencia is formal and semantically second person, but grammatically third person.