usencia
Spanish
Etymology
From vuestra excelencia (literally “your excellence”) or vuestra reverencia (literally “your reverence”); an honorific style. Compare with more modern usted.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /uˈsenθja/ [uˈsẽn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /uˈsensja/ [uˈsẽn.sja]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
- Syllabification: u‧sen‧cia
Pronoun
usencia m or f (plural usencias)
- (archaic, formal) second person; your Excellency; you (singular)
- (archaic, formal) second person; your reverence; you (singular)
References
- vuestra excelencia
- vuestra reverencia
Further reading
- “usencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014