alguien

Etymology

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

Pronoun

alguien

1. somebody; someone

Etymology

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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):

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• Rhymes: -alɡjen
• Syllabification: al‧guien

Pronoun

alguien

1. someone, somebody
2. anyone, anybody

Further reading

• “alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10