vuestra merced

• vuesa merced

vuestra (“your”) + merced (“mercy”)

• IPA^(key): /ˌbwestɾa meɾˈθed/ [ˌbwes.t̪ɾa meɾˈθeð̞] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˌbwestɾa meɾˈsed/ [ˌbwes.t̪ɾa meɾˈseð̞] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: vues‧tra mer‧ced

vuestra merced (plural vuestras mercedes)

1. (archaic, formal) your grace; your mercy; your worship; you

• Like the modern equivalents usted, Portuguese você and the English equivalent your grace, the pronoun vuestra merced is formal and semantically second person singular, but grammatically third person singular.