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quién

who

pronoun kyehn Less Common
Grammar & Structure Pronouns

Origin: Latin quem

Also means

whom

Usage Note

Quién (with accent) is the interrogative pronoun for people; the unaccented relative pronoun quien (and plural quienes) means 'who/whom' in relative clauses: la persona con quien hablé ('the person with whom I spoke'). Quién is always singular even when referring to a potentially plural referent in a rhetorical question: ¿Quién sabe? ('Who knows?'); the plural interrogative is ¿Quiénes?.

Examples

"¿Quién llamó esta mañana?"

Natural Translation

Who called this morning?

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