u/CharacterTomatillo64

I have been watching the Gran Hotel TV show, which takes place in 1906 in Spain and I am puzzled by hearing the owner of the hotel telling the staff "Puede retirarte" which to me seems like mixing the tu and usted cases together. I checked the subtitles and multiple sources to make sure that I am not miss hearing "Puede" instead of "Puedes". I tried looking it up and didn't find any explanation, and ChatGPT doesn't understand this either. Anybody has any explanation so that I stop losing my mind over this? xD

Update: here is a one minute clip where this expression is said in the last five seconds: https://youtu.be/DZMD1bnq6tU

u/CharacterTomatillo64 — 15 days ago