ustedes

Spanish

From usted.

ustedes m, f, pl

Functionally, usted and ustedes are second person pronouns, but grammatically, the verbs they govern are conjugated in the third person (except in Western Andalusia, where they are conjugated in the second person). See Appendix:Spanish pronouns for details.

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí¹
	plural	masc.		nosotros	nos		nosotros
	plural	fem.		nosotras	nos		nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti¹
		voseo		vos	te		vos
		formal²		usted	le	lo/la³	usted
	plural	familiar⁴	masc.	vosotros	os		vosotros
		familiar⁴	fem.	vosotras	os		vosotras
		formal/general²		ustedes	les	los/las³	ustedes
third person	singular	masc.		él	le	lo	él
		fem.		ella		la	ella
		neut.		ello⁵		lo/la³	ello
	plural	masc.		ellos	les	los	ellos
	plural	fem.		ellas	les	las	ellas
	sing. & pl.	reflexive		—	se		sí¹

Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., "Se lo dije" instead of "Le lo dije")

¹ Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively

² Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity

³ Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to

⁴ Used primarily in Spain

⁵ Used only in rare circumstances

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