qualcuno

Italian

Etymology

From qualche (“some”) +‎ uno (“one”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kwal.ˈkuno/
  • Rhymes: -uno
  • Hyphenation: qual‧cù‧no

Pronoun

qualcuno m (feminine qualcuna) (only singular)

  1. someone, somebody
  2. (in a question) anyone, anybody
  3. some (of them)
    Synonyms: alcuno, qualche
  4. (in a question) any (of us etc)

Usage notes

Always masculine in the sense of “someone”. In the the sense “some (ones)”, “some (of them)” it varies with gender, but can only refer to objects and human beings.

References
  1. Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 140
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