usía

See also: usia, USIA, -usia, and -usią

Spanish

Etymology

From vuestra señoría (literally “your honor”); an honorific style. Compare with more archaic usencia or modern usted.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈsia/ [uˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: u‧sí‧a

Pronoun

usía m or f by sense (plural usías)

1. (archaic, formal) second person; your honor; you (singular)

References

• usía

Further reading

• “usía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10