alguien
Spanish, pronoun/ˈalɡjen/
alguien is spelled A-L-G-U-I-E-N (7 letters) and appears 537 times per million words in written Spanish, the 154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alguien is a Spanish pronoun meaning “someone, somebody” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que se menta sin especificar su identidad, su género ni su número, por desconocerse o ser irrelevante”.
What does alguien mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
someone, somebody
- 2
anyone, anybody
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Persona que se menta sin especificar su identidad, su género ni su número, por desconocerse o ser irrelevante.
noun: 1. Figura de fuste, renombre o importancia en algún aspecto.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce alguien?
- /ˈalɡjen/
- [ˈal.ɣ̞jẽn]
- [ˈalɣ̞jẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alguien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alguien in Spanish?
alguien appears 537 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).