quien — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anyone pron Any person at all; anybody.
- which det Used to ask someone to specify one or more people or things from a known set.
- who pron Used to ask about the identity of a person or people.
- whom pron The object form of "who," used when referring to the person a verb or preposition acts on.
- whose det Belonging to which person; used to ask or show ownership.
Senses
quien is used for these senses in English:
- anyone Any person; anybody.
- which (mostly, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom, that; which remains possible with words also referred to by it such as baby, child).
- who (fused relative, archaic, or, marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.
- whoever (fused relative) Any person or persons that.
- whom As the object of a verb.
- whom (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people.
- whose (interrogative) Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
- whose (relative) Of whom, belonging to whom.
which — full definition
- det Used to ask someone to specify one or more people or things from a known set.
- pron Used to introduce extra information about something just mentioned.