alguno
Spanish, determiner/alˈɡuno/
alguno is spelled A-L-G-U-N-O (6 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,269th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alguno is a Spanish determiner meaning “some, any” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alguno mean in English?
determiner
- 1
some, any
¿Quiere alguna cosa?
- 2
any (used for emphasis)
No tiene talento alguno.
- 3
various
pronoun
- 1
masculinesomeone
- 2
masculinesome, some people
- 3
masculineone (thing); a few
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se aplica de modo indeterminado a personas o cosas, indicando un subconjunto de un grupo mayor. 2. Ni poco, ni mucho; bastante. 3. Pospuesto al sustantivo equivale a ninguno.
pronoun: 1. Se aplica de modo indeterminado da personas o cosas, indicando un subconjunto de un grupo mayor. 2. Alguien.
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 alguno
- alguna feminine
- algunos masculine plural
- algunas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alguno?
- /alˈɡuno/
- [alˈɣ̞u.no]
- [alˈɣ̞uno]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alguno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alguno in Spanish?
alguno appears 69 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).