vuestra merced

Spanish

Alternative forms

• vuesa merced

Etymology

vuestra (“your”) + merced (“mercy”)

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

vuestra merced (plural vuestras mercedes)

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