ustedes

pron.

1 you, ye.

2 you.

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you

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pronombre personal plural [Polite plural form of address also used in Latin American countries as the familiar plural form]

a) (como sujeto) you

¿quién lo va a hacer? - ustedes — who's going to do it? - you (are)

ustedes mismos lo dijeron — you said so yourselves

b) (en comparaciones, con preposiciones) you

no tienen tantos como ustedes — they don't have as many as you

con/contra/para ustedes — with/against/for you

son de ustedes — they're yours

sabe lo de ustedes — she knows about you two

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= you

Ex. I am glad of the opportunity to discuss this subject for several reasons: firstly, I have been interested in it for some time and would like to share some of my thoughts with you.

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pronombre personal plural [Polite plural form of address also used in Latin American countries as the familiar plural form]

a) (como sujeto) you

¿quién lo va a hacer? - ustedes — who's going to do it? - you (are)

ustedes mismos lo dijeron — you said so yourselves

b) (en comparaciones, con preposiciones) you

no tienen tantos como ustedes — they don't have as many as you

con/contra/para ustedes — with/against/for you

son de ustedes — they're yours

sabe lo de ustedes — she knows about you two

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= you

Ex: I am glad of the opportunity to discuss this subject for several reasons: firstly, I have been interested in it for some time and would like to share some of my thoughts with you.

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ustedes

pron pers pl

[In most of Spain vosotros is the familiar plural form of address but in the rest of the Spanish-speaking world ustedes is used as the familiar as well as the polite form]

1 (como sujeto) you

¿quién lo va a hacer? — ustedes who's going to do it? — you (are)

y ustedes, señores ¿qué desean? what can I do for you, gentlemen?

ustedes mismos lo dijeron you said so yourselves

ustedes no van, no me importa lo que hagan los otros chicos I don't care what the other children are doing, you're not going

2 (en comparaciones, con preposiciones) you

llegamos después que ustedes we arrived after you (did)

no tienen tantos empleados como ustedes they don't have as many employees as you

¿se lo ofrecieron a ustedes? did they offer it to you?

con/contra/para ustedes with/against/for you

3

de ustedes (indicando pertenencia) yours

son de ustedes they're yours

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ustedes pron pers pl [Polite plural form of address also used in Latin American countries as the familiar plural form] you;

◊ ¿quién lo va a hacer? — ustedes who's going to do it? — you (are);

ustedes mismos lo dijeron you said so yourselves;
son de ustedes they're yours
usted, pl ustedes pron pers frml you: usted disculpe, ¿a qué hora sale el tren?, excuse me, what time does the train leave?

'ustedes' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
consigo
- las
- les
- querellarse
- se
- sí
- su
- suya
- suyo
- uds.
- usted
- Vd.
- Vds.
- los
- quién
- sintonía
- todo
- vosotros
English:
you
- yourself
- anybody
- fight
- join
- lot
- many
- yours
- yourselves