usarced
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Shortened form of vuestra merced.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /usaɾˈθed/ [u.saɾˈθeð̞]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /usaɾˈsed/ [u.saɾˈseð̞]
- Rhymes: -ed
- Syllabification: u‧sar‧ced
Pronoun edit
usarced
- (archaic, formal) your grace; your mercy; you
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
- “usarced”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014