algún
Spanish, determiner/alˈɡun/
algún is spelled A-L-G-Ú-N (5 letters) and appears 257 times per million words in written Spanish, the 318th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Algún is a Spanish masculine determiner meaning “apocopic form of alguno; some, any” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does algún mean in English?
determiner
- 1
masculineapocopic form of alguno; some, any
¿Haces algún deporte?
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante de alguno. 2. Variante de alguna.
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.
Forms of algún
- alguno standard
- algun alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce algún?
- /alˈɡun/
- [alˈɣ̞ũn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is algún in Spanish?
algún appears 257 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).