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  • The formal second-person personal pronoun usted isn't cold or aloof at all, though, but rather a sign of respect toward the person you're addressing--it could be a kid, a viejito, or the pinche King of England.

    Gustavo Arellano: Ask A Mexican!: Good Gabacho/Evil Alabama Edition Gustavo Arellano 2011

  • The formal second-person personal pronoun usted isn't cold or aloof at all, though, but rather a sign of respect toward the person you're addressing--it could be a kid, a viejito, or the pinche King of England.

    Gustavo Arellano: Ask A Mexican!: Good Gabacho/Evil Alabama Edition Gustavo Arellano 2011

  • La mitad de las persona quieren que el chofer siga al ladrón, la otra mitad quiere que avance rápido y no pare para nada, todo esto mientras unos a otros intercambiamos detalles de lo que nos robaron o dejaron de robarnos, como un señor que irradiaba felicidad porque el ladrón no quiso robarle su Alcatel viejito.

    Global Voices in English » Ecuador: Reactions After a Bus Robbery in Guayaquil 2009

  • And back then luxury land travel too La Roppa brought a serape wrapped viejito with dos burros.

    Mexico in the Days of Yore 2007

  • Characteristic Sonoran species on the islands are the palo verde Cercidium spp., elephant tree Bursera microphylla, desert ironwood Olneya tesota, limberbush Jatropha spp., ocatillo Fouquieria diguetti, white bursage Ambrosia spp. and cacti such as the columnar cardon Pachycerus pringlei, viejito Mammillaria capensis, cholla Opuntia cholla and prickly pears Opuntia spp.

    Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico 2008

  • I told them I needed it for my "estudios", and that I was a "viejito" so my memory wasn't as good as theirs was as they were still young.

    Crossing border with used computer 2002

  • Choose whether the You will be formal or informal: Tú or Usted Tu mejor amigo Juan Your best friend Juan Un abogado A lawyer A boy Un niño Un viejito An old man Tu perrito Your pet dog Mamá Mom Raise your hand and let us know the answer!

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

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