alguén

Galician

Alternative forms

• alguém (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alguen, from Latin aliquis, influenced by quen (“who”). Compare Portuguese alguém and Spanish alguien.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /alˈɡɛŋ/ [ɑɫˈɣ̞ɛŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /alˈɡɛŋ/ [ɑɫˈɣ̞ɛŋ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /alˈħɛŋ/ [ɑɫˈħɛŋ]

• Rhymes: -ɛŋ
• Hyphenation: al‧guén

Pronoun

alguén

1. someone

   Antonym: ninguén

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “alguen”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “alguén”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alguén”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alguén”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alguén”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “alguén”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026