alguien
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Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin aliquem, accusative of aliquis. Compare Portuguese alguém and Spanish alguien.
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alguien
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Spanish
Etymology
From alguno, conflated with quien. Derivation from Latin aliquem, is incorrect, the expected form would have been *algue.
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28