A Spanish question, need help!!?

Question

What does vuesta merced mean I'm trying to find the origin of the word usted which is like something you call someone with higher authority

Answer 1

vuestra= our or Your its depends of what are you talking about

Merced= prize, gift, be under someone´s will, Mercy, discretion or thanks

Usted = meaning YOU but This is the form you would use when you are formally talking to someone. (someone older than you, an important person, etc.)

Answer 2

Vuesta merced is a Old Spanish form of treatment, formal.

It is not used nowadays.  

Answer 3

It is used by the spanish people when they talk to somebody who belongs to Royalty. It´s the same as when english people say "your highness".

It is also used when they are talking to some religious figure, for example The Pope.

Hope i helped----

Answer 4

"Merced" means "favor".

Can't remember "vuesta", though, sorry.

Answer 5

it quite literally means

"to c**p on another's cat"

Answer 6

It's actually "Vuestra Merced" and it means "Your Mercifulness" or "Your Mercy". In some very old Spanish texts you might see it written as "Vuessa Merced"

In medieval Spanish "vos" was the plural form of "tú" and it was used to address one person politely or respectfully, rather like "vous" in French. "Vuestro/vuestra" is the possessive form of "vos". "Vuestra Merced" was an even politer form and showed great respect - a little like saying "Your Honour" in English.

Then in Spain, people started to say "vosotros" ("you others") when they wanted to make it clear that they were speaking to more than one person. "Vos" eventually fell into disuse, but "Vuestra Merced" became shortened to "usted" and has remained in use to this day. It is usually shortened to Ud. or Vd. in writing.

Although "vos" disappeared from everyday use, "vosotros" is still used in Spain as the plural familiar form. It is not used in Latin America so is not extensively taught in US schools, but in Spain it is used extensively. The possessive form of "vosotros" is still "vuestro/vuestra/vuestros/vuestras".

Vos is still used in Argentina, Uruguay, and oneor two other places in Latin America, but has replaced "tú" as the familiar singular form. In South America, "vos" has its own special verb forn, similar to the "vosotros" form but without the "i" in the last syllable.

"Tú eres" - "vosotros sois - vos sos

"Tú hablas" - "vosotros habláis" - "vos hablás", etc.