"ustedes" meaning in Spanish

See ustedes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /usˈtedes/, [usˈt̪e.ð̞es] Forms: usted [singular], les [dative], Uds. [alternative, abbreviation], Vds. [alternative, abbreviation], vds [alternative, abbreviation], VV. [alternative, abbreviation], UU. [alternative, abbreviation]
Rhymes: -edes Etymology: From usted. Head templates: {{head|es|pronoun|singular|usted|dative|les|g=mf-p}} ustedes m pl or f pl (singular usted, dative les)
  1. (formal in Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Philippines) you (plural) Tags: Philippines, feminine, formal, masculine, plural
    Sense id: en-ustedes-es-pron-ili7Tmcw Categories (other): Equatoguinean Spanish, Peninsular Spanish, Philippine Spanish, Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 78 22
  2. (Latin America, US, Canary Islands, Western Andalusia) you (plural) Tags: Andalusia, Canary-Islands, Latin-America, US, Western, feminine, masculine, plural Synonyms: vosotros
    Sense id: en-ustedes-es-pron-ili7Tmcw1 Categories (other): Andalusian Spanish, Canarian Spanish, Latin American Spanish, United States Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: yo, mí, me, conmigo, nosotros, nos, —, nosotras, tú, ti, te, contigo, vos, usted, le, se3, lo, la, vosotros, os, vosotras, les, los, las, él, ella, ello5, ellos, ellas, sí, se, consigo, Like other masculine words, masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown, when the subject is plural and of mixed gender, Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity, If le, les precedes lo, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (alt: e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije), Used primarily in Spain, Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From usted.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "usted",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "les",
      "tags": [
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Uds.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vds.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vds",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "VV.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "UU.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "3": "singular",
        "4": "usted",
        "5": "dative",
        "6": "les",
        "g": "mf-p"
      },
      "expansion": "ustedes m pl or f pl (singular usted, dative les)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "us‧te‧des"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "us‧te‧des"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "yo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "me"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "conmigo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nosotros"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nosotras"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tú"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "te"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "contigo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "usted"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "le"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "se3"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "la"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vosotros"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "os"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vosotras"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "les"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "los"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "las"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "él"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ella"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ello5"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ellos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ellas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "consigo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Like other masculine words"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "when the subject is plural and of mixed gender"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "If le"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "les precedes lo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "or las in a clause"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije",
      "word": "it is replaced with se"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Used primarily in Spain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Equatoguinean Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Peninsular Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Philippine Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
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          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "you (plural)"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Equatorial Guinea",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal in Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Philippines) you (plural)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Spain"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Philippines",
        "feminine",
        "formal",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Andalusian Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canarian Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin American Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "United States Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you (plural)"
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      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Latin America, US, Canary Islands, Western Andalusia) you (plural)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vosotros"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Andalusia",
        "Canary-Islands",
        "Latin-America",
        "US",
        "Western",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/usˈtedes/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[usˈt̪e.ð̞es]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-edes"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tuteo",
    "Voseo"
  ],
  "word": "ustedes"
}

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    "Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/edes",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/edes/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish pronouns",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From usted.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "usted",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "les",
      "tags": [
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Uds.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vds.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vds",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "VV.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "UU.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "singular",
        "4": "usted",
        "5": "dative",
        "6": "les",
        "g": "mf-p"
      },
      "expansion": "ustedes m pl or f pl (singular usted, dative les)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "us‧te‧des"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "us‧te‧des"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "yo"
    },
    {
      "word": "mí"
    },
    {
      "word": "me"
    },
    {
      "word": "conmigo"
    },
    {
      "word": "nosotros"
    },
    {
      "word": "nos"
    },
    {
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "word": "nosotras"
    },
    {
      "word": "tú"
    },
    {
      "word": "ti"
    },
    {
      "word": "te"
    },
    {
      "word": "contigo"
    },
    {
      "word": "vos"
    },
    {
      "word": "usted"
    },
    {
      "word": "le"
    },
    {
      "word": "se3"
    },
    {
      "word": "lo"
    },
    {
      "word": "la"
    },
    {
      "word": "vosotros"
    },
    {
      "word": "os"
    },
    {
      "word": "vosotras"
    },
    {
      "word": "les"
    },
    {
      "word": "los"
    },
    {
      "word": "las"
    },
    {
      "word": "él"
    },
    {
      "word": "ella"
    },
    {
      "word": "ello5"
    },
    {
      "word": "ellos"
    },
    {
      "word": "ellas"
    },
    {
      "word": "sí"
    },
    {
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "word": "consigo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Like other masculine words"
    },
    {
      "word": "masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown"
    },
    {
      "word": "when the subject is plural and of mixed gender"
    },
    {
      "word": "Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity"
    },
    {
      "word": "If le"
    },
    {
      "word": "les precedes lo"
    },
    {
      "word": "or las in a clause"
    },
    {
      "alt": "e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije",
      "word": "it is replaced with se"
    },
    {
      "word": "Used primarily in Spain"
    },
    {
      "word": "Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Equatoguinean Spanish",
        "Peninsular Spanish",
        "Philippine Spanish",
        "Spanish formal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you (plural)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Equatorial Guinea",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal in Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Philippines) you (plural)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Spain"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Philippines",
        "feminine",
        "formal",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Andalusian Spanish",
        "Canarian Spanish",
        "Latin American Spanish",
        "United States Spanish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you (plural)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Latin America, US, Canary Islands, Western Andalusia) you (plural)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vosotros"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Andalusia",
        "Canary-Islands",
        "Latin-America",
        "US",
        "Western",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/usˈtedes/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[usˈt̪e.ð̞es]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-edes"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tuteo",
    "Voseo"
  ],
  "word": "ustedes"
}

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