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Spanish

Alternative forms

Uds.,Vds.,vds,VV.,UU.

Etymology

Fromusted.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /usˈtedes/[usˈt̪e.ð̞es]
Audio(MX): (file)
Rhymes:-edes
Syllabification:us‧te‧des

Pronoun

ustedes m pl or f pl (singularusted,dativeles)

(formal in Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Philippines)you (plural)
(Latin America, US, Canary Islands, Western Andalusia)you (plural)
Synonym:vosotros

Usage notes

Functionally,usted andustedes are second person pronouns, but grammatically, the verbs they govern are conjugated in the third person (in Western Andalusia and the Canary Islandsustedes may also be used with verbs in the second person plural, but this is colloquial and nonstandard). SeeAppendix:Spanish pronouns for details.

See also

Spanish personal pronouns
				Nominative	Disjunctive	Dative	Accusative	Comitative
First-person	Singular			yo	mí	me		conmigo
	Plural	Masculine¹		nosotros		nos		—
	Plural	Feminine		nosotras		nos		—
Second-person	Singular	Tuteo		tú	ti	te		contigo
		Voseo		vos	—	te
		Formal²	Masculine¹	usted		le,se³	lo
		Formal²	Feminine	usted		le,se³	la
	Plural	Familiar⁴	Masculine¹	vosotros		os
		Familiar⁴	Feminine	vosotras		os
		Formal/general²	Masculine¹	ustedes		les,se³	los
		Formal/general²	Feminine	ustedes		les,se³	las
Third-person	Singular	Masculine¹		él		le,se³	lo
		Feminine		ella			la
		Neuter		ello⁵			lo
	Plural	Masculine¹		ellos		les,se³	los
	Plural	Feminine		ellas		les,se³	las
	Reflexive			—	sí	se		consigo

Like other masculine words, masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity.
Ifle orles precedeslo,la,los, orlas in a clause, it is replaced withse (e.g.se lo dije instead of*le lo dije).
Used primarily in Spain.
Used only in rare circumstances.

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