alguno

/alˈɡuno/ · A1 · pron

someone

alguno = Latin aliquis (some) + unus (one): literally some-one

From Latin aliqu(is) + unus, fused into alguno. The -uno ending is the Spanish word for one, so the word spells out its own meaning: some + one. Its opposite ninguno is built the same way: not even one.

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