alguien

Mirandese

Etymology

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

Pronoun

alguien

1. 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 (Latin America)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alɡjen
• Syllabification: al‧guien

Pronoun

alguien

1. someone, somebody
2. anyone, anybody

Antonyms

• nadie

Further reading

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