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Formal contexts singular (Spain and Latin-America): somebody you don't know or who is older; from a boy to an adult (for example); from a student to a teacher:

A: Disculpe, ¿es ésta la oficina del profesor González?

B: Sí. Tóquele a la puerta.

Formal and informal contexts plural (only in Latin-America and certain Spanish territories):

A: ¿De dónde vienen? (The explicit use of "ustedes" in this case is even more polite)

B: Venimos del norte del país.

In Latin-America and some Spanish territories this use is even heard from adults to children or from children to children. In Spain people would use "vosotros" instead, but they recognise the formal treatment by employing "usted" and "ustedes".

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