someone in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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someone [Am ˈsəmˌwən, Brit ˈsʌmwʌn] PRON

someone → somebody

See also somebody

I.somebody [Am ˈsəmbədi, Brit ˈsʌmbədi] PRON

somebody
alguien
somebody's coming
viene alguien
somebody important/younger
alguien importante/más joven
shut the door, somebody!
¡que alguien cierre la puerta!
there's always got to be somebody who disagrees
siempre tiene que haber alguien or uno que no está de acuerdo
somebody else got the job
le dieron el trabajo a otro or a otra persona
there was somebody lying on the floor
había una persona tumbada en el suelo
there's somebody I'd like you to meet
quiero presentarte a un amigo (or compañero etc.)
he needs somebody to talk to
necesita a alguien con quien hablar
he's not somebody I'd confide in
no es una persona a quien yo le confiaría ningún secreto
somebody or other must have dropped it
se le debe de haber caído a alguien
who was it? — John somebody
¿quién era? — John algo or John no sé cuánto inf

II.somebody [Am ˈsəmbədi, Brit ˈsʌmbədi] N no pl

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someone may be listening in
alguien puede estar escuchando
someone mentioned baseball, that was the icebreaker
alguien mencionó el béisbol y así se rompió el hielo
hush! someone's coming!
¡shh! or ¡chitón! ¡viene alguien!
what motivates someone to become a politician?
¿qué motivos impulsan a alguien a dedicarse a la política?

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alguien
someone
alguien (esperando respuesta afirmativa)
someone
alguien se lo debe haber dicho
somebody o someone must have told her
alguien con experiencia
somebody o someone with experience
¿cómo llegaste? ¿te trajo alguien?
how did you get here? did somebody o someone bring you?
hay un escupitajo en el asiento
someone has spat on the seat
hay un escupitajo en el asiento
someone has gobbed on the seat inf
aquí hace falta alguien que sepa llevar el bastón de mando
we need someone to take charge here
animita
memorial stone (in the place where someone has died)
le pasó lo mismo a un conocido nuestro
the same thing happened to an acquaintance of ours o to someone we know

someone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for someone in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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someone → somebody

See also somebody

somebody [ˈsʌmbədi, Am -ˌbɑ:di] PRON indef

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to speak highly of someone
hablar muy bien de alguien
to think highly of someone
tener muy buen concepto de alguien
to twang someone's nerves
crispar los nervios a alguien
to poach someone's ideas
birlar las ideas de alguien
to frame someone else (for sth)
echarle a otro el muerto (de algo) inf
to cook someone's goose inf
hacer la pascua a alguien
someone has been interfering with my papers
alguien ha estado revolviendo mis papeles
give someone an inch and they'll take a mile prov
les das la mano y te cogen el brazo prov
to worm oneself into someone's trust
ganarse la confianza de alguien con artimañas

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someone Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to speak highly of someone
hablar muy bien de alguien
to think highly of someone
tener muy buen concepto de alguien
someone has been interfering with my papers
alguien ha estado revolviendo mis papeles
someone/something else
otra persona/cosa
to send a chill down someone's spine
hacer entrar escalofríos a alguien
there's someone at the door — I'll go
llaman a la puerta — voy yo
there's someone at the door
llaman a la puerta
to worm oneself into someone's trust
ganarse la confianza de alguien con artimañas
to frame someone else (for sth)
echarle a otro el muerto (de algo) inf
and then, someone called at the door
(estando) en esto [o en estas], llamaron a la puerta
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He claims that the door was kicked in by the police and that someone must have given away the location.
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She was the natural choice for me when it came to picking someone to run this campaign.
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However, the contract was awarded to someone else.
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This is like someone who pokes his finger in another's eye, he declared.
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Of all households 32.3% were made up of individuals and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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Out of the total number of households, 32.6% housed someone who was 65 years of age or older.
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They exist all by themselves just waiting for someone to write them down.
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If someone does wrong, he should blame himself for the harm that he suffers. 87.
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Of all households, 27.6% were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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It's someone she knows, and someone who knows her too well.
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