usarcé
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Shortened form of vuestra merced.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /usaɾˈθe/ [u.saɾˈθe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /usaɾˈse/ [u.saɾˈse]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: u‧sar‧cé
Pronoun[edit]
usarcé
- (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]
- “usarcé”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014