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"Somebody" is a pronoun which is often translated as "alguien", and "someone" is a pronoun which is also often translated as "alguien". Learn more about the difference between "somebody" and "someone" below.
somebody(
suhm
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buh
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di
)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 personaje (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).
He is a real somebody in the field of research.Es todo un personaje en el campo de la investigación.
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.
