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In Spanish it would be "Ustedes".
by Ajedi32 2y ago
In Spanish it would be "Ustedes".
- 1-more 2y agoSpanish is a fun example of the euphemistic treadmill applying to pronouns. Usted comes from "vuestra merced" meanining "your (plural) mercy" but refers to a singular person. We can take that to mean that the second person plural "vosotros" already was a plural-meaning-formal-for-singular thing and then that wasn't enough and we got another word based on it. Fascinating!