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quién

"quién" means "who?, whom?" in Spanish. It is number 93 on the frequency list, in A1 (pron).

Meaning

who?, whom?; whose?; if only

IPA

/ˈkjen/

Level

A1

Practice this word

Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• ¿Quién eres?
  Who are you?
  Tatoeba: yorickvidal / yorickvidal
• ¿Quién es?
  Who is it?
  Tatoeba: Shishir / witbrock
• ¿Entonces quién?
  Then who?
  Tatoeba: Shishir / blay_paul

Learned together

In the course, "quién" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• gracias thank you, thanks
• porque because
• ese that
• usted you
• hola hello, hi, hey
• verdad truth
• sus his, her, its, their
• dos two
• mucho much, a lot of

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