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alguien

Translation

pron.indef.
(en oraciones afirmativas)
somebody
someone
Alguien llama a la puerta
Someone's knocking at the door
(en oraciones interrogativas)
anybody
¿Hay alguien en casa?
Anybody home?
anyone
Sin embargo, con oraciones interrogativas si se espera una respuesta afirmativa, alguien se traduce por somebody o someone: Will somebody come to the cinema with me today? - ¿Alguien quiere venir conmigo al cine hoy?
(Definition of alguien pron.indef. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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