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"Everybody" is a pronoun which is often translated as "todo el mundo", and "someone" is a pronoun which is often translated as "alguien". Learn more about the difference between "everybody" and "someone" below.
everybody(
eh
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vri
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buh
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di
)A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g., she).
1. (all people)
a. todo el mundo
By the time I got there, everybody was leaving.Para cuando yo llegué, todo el mundo se iba.
c. todas (feminine)
Laila asked her girlfriends and everybody agreed to take part in the race.Laila preguntó a sus amigas y todas estaban de acuerdo en participar en la carrera.
someone(
suhm
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wuhn
)A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g., she).
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el alguien (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
If you want to be someone, you have to work at it.Si quieres ser alguien, tienes que esforzarte.
b. todo un personaje
I used to be someone in this town. Now nobody remembers me.Antes era todo un personaje en este pueblo. Ahora nadie se acuerda de mí.
