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): /uˈsenθja/ [uˈsẽn̟.θja] (Spain) IPA(key): /uˈsensja/ [uˈsẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -enθja (Spain) Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: u‧sen‧cia === Pronoun === usencia m or f by sense (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025