/usˈteðes/
Translation
you (plural formal, or colloquial in Latin America)
Word origin
The plural of usted, itself a contraction of vuestra merced ('your grace'), from Latin vester ('your') and merces ('reward, favour').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- vuestra merced
- English cognates
- mercy, merchant
Examples
, .
You can leave first, we will wait here.
, aparcamiento .
For you, parking is free at the weekend.
disfruten .
I hope you all enjoy the visit very much.
.
You are the ones in charge of the group tonight.
¿ propuesta?
What do you all think of the proposal?
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Spanish Compound Tenses: the Future Perfect and Past Anterior (habré hablado, hube hablado)
Spanish Conditional: the 'Would' Tense, me gustaría and Polite Requests
Conjugating Spanish -ar Verbs in the Present Tense
Conjugating Spanish Reflexive Verbs in the Present Tense
Spanish Verb Conjugation: The Complete Rules with Examples
Spanish Formal Commands: usted and ustedes
Spanish Future Tense: ir a + Infinitive and the Inflectional Future
The Spanish Imperfect Subjunctive: How to Form It (the -ra and -se Endings)
Spanish Imperfect: hablaba, comía, vivía and Only Three Irregulars
Spanish Negative Commands: Why no hables Borrows the Subjunctive
Spanish Nosotros Commands: the 'Let's...' Form
Spanish Object Pronouns: Direct, Indirect, Order and Position
The Spanish Perfect Subjunctive (haya hablado)
The Spanish Pluperfect Subjunctive and Conditional Perfect (hubiera hablado, habría hablado)
The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
Spanish Possessive Pronouns: el mío, el tuyo, el suyo and the Long Possessives
Spanish Possessives: mi, tu, su and Why Agreement Trips Beginners
Spanish Prepositional Pronouns (para mí, conmigo, entre tú y yo)
Spanish Present Perfect: he hablado, ha vivido, hemos visto
The Spanish Present Subjunctive: How to Form It (the Opposite-Vowel Rule)
Spanish Preterite: hablé, comí, viví and the Big Irregular Group
Spanish Punctuation and Capitalisation: the opening ¿ and ¡, lowercase lunes and español
Spanish Reflexive Verbs: levantarse, llamarse, lavarse and the Pronoun Position
Spanish Regional Grammar: voseo (vos tenés), ustedes, and preterite vs perfect
Spanish Vocabulary: Spain vs Latin America (coche vs carro, móvil vs celular, zumo vs jugo)
Spanish Register: tu vs usted, vosotros vs ustedes (and how formal to be)
Saber vs Conocer: The Two Spanish Verbs for 'To Know'
Ser vs Estar: The Two Spanish 'To Be' Verbs and When to Use Each
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