ustedesdepends
ustedesdepends is a proposed sociolinguistic term used to describe a dependency pattern between the Spanish second-person plural pronoun ustedes and verb conjugation in various dialects. The concept is used to analyze how the choice to address a group with ustedes correlates with the expectation of third-person plural verb forms, in contrast to dialects that prefer the vosotros form for informal address. It is descriptive and theoretical rather than prescriptive.
The term arose in corpus- and classroom-based discussions of Spanish, particularly in Latin American varieties where
Examples illustrate the contrast: "Ustedes llegan temprano" uses llegan, a 3rd-person plural form agreeing with ustedes.
Status and reception: While common in teaching materials and some corpus discussions, a formal grammar does