How do you pronounce Vd. in Español?

Question

pls explain.

Answer 1

It's the abbreviation for 'Usted'.
You pronounce it as 'instead' but you use 'oo' instead of 'in' at the beginning of the word.

Answer 2

Today it is pronounced Usted, Ustedth or in other ways in South America/the Caribbean where the s sound may be missing (oo-STED, oo-STETH, oo-STEDTH oo-TETH oo-TEH). It came from the term Vuestra Merced, which was the formal "you" in use in Spanish during the Middle Ages. Translated into English it means "Your Majesty" and was the formal "you" as opposed to "tu" which is the familiar form. It became abbreviated to Vd (Vuestra merceD). Don't ask me how its pronunciation changed from Vuestra Merced to Usted. That I cannot answer!

Answer 3

It's 'Usted' (plural you) abbreviated. The last sound is a voiced interdental fricative - about halfway between 'th' as in 'the' and a 'd' sound.

Certain dialects will produce it differently; the Dominican variety more or less drops the 's' and the final sound. People will write it 'Uté' when they're trying to spell it like it sounds (like we do with 'becoz' or whatever).

Answer 4

vd. or ud. stands for "usted"
you can pronounce like ooh-s-teh

The last "d" of usted is silent, but some people always prepare to pronounce the voice of d with their mouth(lips, tongue, teeth). They stop to pronounce "d" before making the sound/voice.

Answer 5

Usted

Answer 6

oo-s-tead