quien
Spanish, pronoun
quien is a Spanish pronoun meaning “who” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, quién is a different word: “who?, whom?; (with “de”) whose?”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hace referencia a una persona ya referida o sobrentendida”.
What does quien mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
who
La mujer con quien se casó
- 2
whom
La persona a quien yo amo
- 3
whoever; whomever; anyone who
Quienes digan así…
- 4
the one who
¿Eres tú quien ha de venir?
pronoun
- 1
who?, whom?; (with “de”) whose?
- 2
if only; I wish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Qué persona.
pronoun: 1. Qué persona. 2. (Seguido del subjuntivo imperfecto o pluscuamperfecto) Introduce construcciones en las que se expresa vivo deseo de que algo ocurra o haya ocurrido.
pronoun: 1. Uno… otro…
pronoun: 1. Hace referencia a una persona ya referida o sobrentendida. 2. Con antecedente implícito significa la persona que, aquel que. 3. Como nadie que.
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 quien
- quienes plural
- quiénes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to quien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quien in Spanish?
quien appears 525 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).