Ustedes for everyone: no vosotros in Mexico

Explanation

In the singular Mexico distinguishes tú (informal) from usted (formal), but in the plural that distinction collapses: there is only ustedes, used whether you are addressing your closest friends or a room of strangers. The Peninsular vosotros (vosotros tenéis, os, vuestro) simply does not exist in Mexican Spanish.

Ustedes always takes third-person-plural verb forms and the pronoun set les / se / los-las / su-sus: ustedes tienen, ¿a ustedes les gusta?, se lo doy a ustedes, su casa. There is no separate familiar plural conjugation to learn — one form covers everything.

For learners coming from Spain this is a simplification, not a complication: drop vosotros/-áis/-éis endings and os/vuestro entirely and route all plural address through ustedes. Mexicans understand vosotros (from media and the Bible) but never use it; it can even sound theatrical or archaic.

Examples

Related rules

• Mexican politeness: wide usted, mande, and softened requests
• regional.es.vosotros