quién
See also: quien
Asturian
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]quién
- (interrogative pronoun) who (which person?, which persons?)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “quién”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “quien”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]quién (interrogative, plural quiénes)
- who?, whom?; (with “de”) whose?
- ¿Con quién hablo?
- With whom am I speaking?
- ¡Quién lo hubiera creído!
- Who would have believed it!?
- ¿De quién es este libro?
- Whose book is this?
- ¿Quién enseña la clase?
- Who teaches the class?
- ¿Quién carajo es Kevin?
- Who the hell is Kevin?
- No sabe quién ha llamado
- He doesn't know who has called
- (followed by a subjunctive clause in the imperfect or pluperfect tense) if only; I wish
- ¡Quién tuviera veinte años!
- How I wish I was twenty!
- ¡Quién hubiera tocado la lotería!
- If only I'd won the lottery!
Usage notes
[edit]- The relative pronoun quien is written without the accent mark.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “quién”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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