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Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From usted.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /usˈtedes/
- Rhymes: -edes
- Syllabification: us‧te‧des
Pronoun
ustedes m pl or f pl (singular usted, dative les)
- (formal in Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Philippines) you (plural)
- (Latin America, Canary Islands, Western Andalusia) you (plural)
- Synonym: vosotros
Usage notes
- Functionally, usted and ustedes are second person pronouns, but grammatically, the verbs they govern are conjugated in the third person (except in Western Andalusia, where they are conjugated in the second person). See Appendix:Spanish pronouns for details.
See also
Spanish personal pronouns
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish 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
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances