"ustedes" meaning in Spanish

See ustedes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /usˈtedes/, [usˈt̪e.ð̞es] Forms: usted [singular], les [dative]
Rhymes: -edes Etymology: From usted. Etymology templates: {{m|es|usted}} 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): Equatorial Guinean Spanish, Peninsular Spanish, Philippine Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 67 33
  2. (Latin America, Canary Islands, Western Andalusia) you (plural) Tags: Andalusia, Canary-Islands, Latin-America, Western, feminine, masculine, plural Synonyms: vosotros
    Sense id: en-ustedes-es-pron-ili7Tmcw1 Categories (other): Canarian Spanish, Latin American Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Uds., Vds., vds, VV, UU
Related terms: yo, me, mí1, nosotros, nos, nosotras, , te, ti1, vos, usted, le, se4, lo, la5, vosotros, os, vosotras, les, los, las5, él, ella, la, ello7, ello, ellos, ellas, las, —, se, sí1, 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, 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 (english: 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ustedes meaning in Spanish (4.2kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "usted"
      },
      "expansion": "usted",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From usted.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "usted",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "les",
      "tags": [
        "dative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "yo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "me"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mí1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nosotros"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nosotras"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tú"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "te"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ti1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "usted"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "le"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "se4"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "la5"
    },
    {
      "_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": "las5"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "él"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ella"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "la"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ello7"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ello"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ellos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ellas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "las"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sí1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Not used with con"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "conmigo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "contigo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "and consigo are used instead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "respectively"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Like other masculine Spanish words"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "masculine Spanish 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",
      "english": "e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije",
      "word": "it is replaced with se"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Used primarily in Spain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Used only in rare circumstances"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Equatorial Guinean Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Peninsular Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Philippine Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you (plural)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ustedes-es-pron-ili7Tmcw",
      "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": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canarian Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin American Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you (plural)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ustedes-es-pron-ili7Tmcw1",
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Latin America, Canary Islands, Western Andalusia) you (plural)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vosotros"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Andalusia",
        "Canary-Islands",
        "Latin-America",
        "Western",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/usˈtedes/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[usˈt̪e.ð̞es]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-edes"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Uds."
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Vds."
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vds"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "VV"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "UU"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ustedes"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "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"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "usted"
      },
      "expansion": "usted",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From usted.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "usted",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "les",
      "tags": [
        "dative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "yo"
    },
    {
      "word": "me"
    },
    {
      "word": "mí1"
    },
    {
      "word": "nosotros"
    },
    {
      "word": "nos"
    },
    {
      "word": "nosotras"
    },
    {
      "word": "tú"
    },
    {
      "word": "te"
    },
    {
      "word": "ti1"
    },
    {
      "word": "vos"
    },
    {
      "word": "usted"
    },
    {
      "word": "le"
    },
    {
      "word": "se4"
    },
    {
      "word": "lo"
    },
    {
      "word": "la5"
    },
    {
      "word": "vosotros"
    },
    {
      "word": "os"
    },
    {
      "word": "vosotras"
    },
    {
      "word": "les"
    },
    {
      "word": "los"
    },
    {
      "word": "las5"
    },
    {
      "word": "él"
    },
    {
      "word": "ella"
    },
    {
      "word": "la"
    },
    {
      "word": "ello7"
    },
    {
      "word": "ello"
    },
    {
      "word": "ellos"
    },
    {
      "word": "ellas"
    },
    {
      "word": "las"
    },
    {
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "word": "sí1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Not used with con"
    },
    {
      "word": "conmigo"
    },
    {
      "word": "contigo"
    },
    {
      "word": "and consigo are used instead"
    },
    {
      "word": "respectively"
    },
    {
      "word": "Like other masculine Spanish words"
    },
    {
      "word": "masculine Spanish 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"
    },
    {
      "english": "e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije",
      "word": "it is replaced with se"
    },
    {
      "word": "Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to"
    },
    {
      "word": "Used primarily in Spain"
    },
    {
      "word": "Used only in rare circumstances"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Equatorial Guinean 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": [
        "Canarian Spanish",
        "Latin American Spanish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you (plural)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Latin America, Canary Islands, Western Andalusia) you (plural)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vosotros"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Andalusia",
        "Canary-Islands",
        "Latin-America",
        "Western",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/usˈtedes/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[usˈt̪e.ð̞es]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-edes"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Uds."
    },
    {
      "word": "Vds."
    },
    {
      "word": "vds"
    },
    {
      "word": "VV"
    },
    {
      "word": "UU"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ustedes"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.