quién

/ˈkjen/, [ˈkjẽn]

who


Pronoun quién (interrogative, plural quiénes)

  1. who?, whom?; (with “de”) whose?
    ¿Con quién hablo?
    With whom am I speaking?
    ¡Quién lo hubiera creído!
    Who would have believed it!?
    ¿De quién es este libro?
    Whose book is this?
    ¿Quién enseña la clase?
    Who teaches the class?
    ¿Quién carajo es Kevin?
    Who the hell is Kevin?
    no sabe quién ha llamado
    He doesn't know who has called
  2. (followed by a subjunctive clause in the imperfect or pluperfect tense) if only; I wish
    ¡Quién tuviera 20 años!
    How I wish I was 20 [years old]!
    ¡Quién hubiera tocado la lotería!
    If only I'd won the lottery!

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • ¿A quién te refieres?

    Who are you referring to?

  • ¿Quién te dijo que hablaba de vos?

    Who told you I was talking about you?

  • ¿Quién es el próximo candidato?

    Who's the next candidate?

  • ¿Quién está al mando?

    Who's in charge?

  • ¿Quién es el jefe aquí?

    Who is the boss here?

  • ¿Quién es el secretario?

    Who is the secretary?

  • ¿Quién lo ha dejado?

    Who quit?

  • ¿Quién habla su propio idioma materno perfectamente?

    Who knows his own mother tongue perfectly?

  • ¿De quién es esta mochila?

    Whose is this bag?

  • No está claro quién escribió esta carta.

    It is not clear who wrote this letter.

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