alguno
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *alicunus, from Latin alĭquis (“someone”) + unus (“one”).
Cognate with French aucun, Italian alcuno, Galician algún, Portuguese algum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈɡuno/ [alˈɣ̞u.no]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -uno
- Syllabification: al‧gu‧no
Usage notes
- When used before a singular masculine noun as part of the noun phrase, the apocopate form algún is used instead of alguno.
Usage notes
- In older texts, the pronoun is often written with a stress mark, i.e: "algúnos" to distinguish it from the determiner form.
Further reading
- “alguno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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