alguien

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin aliquem, accusative of aliquis. Compare Portuguese alguém and Spanish alguien.

Pronoun

alguien

somebody; someone

Antonyms

nadie

Spanish

Etymology

From alguno, conflated with quien. Derivation from Latin aliquem, is incorrect, the expected form would have been *algue.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈalɡjen/ [ˈal.ɣ̞jẽn]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -alɡjen
Syllabification: al‧guien

Pronoun

alguien

someone, somebody
anyone, anybody

Antonyms

nadie

Further reading

“alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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