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quien
who
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
A pronoun used to refer to people
Encoding Strategies:
repetition
Quien means who and is used to refer to people in sentences.
quien
who, whom
Refers to a person who was already mentioned.
El profesor de quien te hablé es muy estrictoThe teacher who I told you about is very strict
La mujer con quien viajé es mi tíaThe woman with whom I traveled is my aunt
whoever, anyone
Refers to an unknown or unspecified person.
No hay quien lo entiendaThere's no one who understands it
Invité a quien quisiera venir a la fiestaI invited whoever wanted to come to the party