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, accusative of aliquis, 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
- someone, somebody
- anyone, anybody
Antonyms
- nadie
Further reading
- “alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014