what does "ustedes" mean in Spanish?

[Anonymous]

Trying to help my kid with (ungraded) spanish work.

[Anonymous]

Y'all

Formally

[Anonymous]

It's the plural "you," but the more formal word (so if you are talking to an elder or a boss or something).

[Anonymous]

You guys

-- Midwestern

[Anonymous]

you all

[Anonymous]

Yinz

--Pittsburgher

[Anonymous]

think of "sir" being implied there. I come from a country where we have a formal "you" so it makes perfect sense to me. English doesn't have it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you all

if it was just usted then it's "you" but in a formal/respectful way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yinz

--Pittsburgher

No. Yinz is informal. I use ustedes with professional superiors, older people, and strangers.

[Anonymous]

All of you. More formal than “y’all”.

[Anonymous]

Can your kid teach you how to Google stuff?

[Anonymous]

All y’all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's the plural "you," but the more formal word (so if you are talking to an elder or a boss or something).

No, it’s not. *Usted* is formal (compared to tú), but for the plural “you”, there is no formal vs. informal. You’d use ustedes regardless of whether you’re talking to your kids, your bosses, your grandparents, or your best friends.

It’s basically the Spanish version of you guys, y’all, or you all.

Examples would be: “are [ustedes] going to the funeral luncheon?”
“[ustedes] are so kind! Thanks for helping out!”
“[ustedes] should come to the baseball game this weekend!”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yinz

--Pittsburgher

No. Yinz is informal. I use ustedes with professional superiors, older people, and strangers.

So what do you use when addressing a group in a non-formal setting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's the plural "you," but the more formal word (so if you are talking to an elder or a boss or something).

No, it’s not. *Usted* is formal (compared to tú), but for the plural “you”, there is no formal vs. informal. You’d use ustedes regardless of whether you’re talking to your kids, your bosses, your grandparents, or your best friends.

It’s basically the Spanish version of you guys, y’all, or you all.

Examples would be: “are [ustedes] going to the funeral luncheon?”
“[ustedes] are so kind! Thanks for helping out!”
“[ustedes] should come to the baseball game this weekend!”

I should clarify that it depends on whether you’re in Latin America or Spain! In Spain you use vosotros for informal plural you (you guys), while ustedes is used when addressing two or more people in a formal setting. In Latin America, it’s all just ustedes whether formal or informal.