whoever

whoever
relative pronoun (any person or people that: Whoever gets the job will have a lot of work to do.) quien, quienquiera que, el que
whoever pron quien / quienquiera que
I don't like her, whoever she is quienquiera que sea, no me gusta
whoever scores most points wins gana quien saque más puntos
whoever
tr[hʊː'evəSMALLr/SMALL]
pronoun
1 (the person who) quien, quienquiera que, el que
■ go with whoever you like vete con quien quieras
■ whoever said that is a liar el que dijo eso es un mentiroso
■ whoever gets home first makes the tea el que llegue primero a casa hace el té
2 (no matter who) quienquiera que, cualquiera que
■ whoever it is, I'm not in quienquiera que sea, no estoy
■ whoever you vote for, the result will be the same votes a quien votes, el resultado será el mismo
3 (questions, exclamations) quién?
■ whoever can that be at this time? ¿pero quién será a estas horas?
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
... or whoever ... o quien sea
whoever [hu:'ɛvər] pron
1) : quienquiera que, quien
whoever did it: quienquiera que lo hizo
give it to whoever you want: dalo a quien quieras
2) (used in questions) : quién
whoever could that be?: ¿quién podría ser?
whoever
pron.
• cualquiera pron.
• cualquiera que pron.
• quien pron.
• quienquiera pron.
• quienquiera que pron.
• quién pron.
huː'evər, huː'evə(r)
pronoun
a) (no matter who)

she's not coming in here, whoever she is — aquí no entra, quien quiera que sea or sea quien sea

whoever you ask — se lo preguntes a quien se lo preguntes, a quienquiera que se lo preguntes

b) (the one, ones who)

whoever did this must be insane — quienquiera que or quien haya hecho esto debe (de) estar loco

I'll invite whoever I like — voy a invitar a quien (se) me dé la gana

c) (in questions) quién
[huː'evǝ(r)]
PRON
1) (=no matter who, anyone that)

it won't be easy, whoever does it — no será fácil, no importa quién lo haga

whoever finds it can keep it — quienquiera que lo encuentre puede quedarse con él, el/la que lo encuentre que se lo quede

I'll talk to whoever it is — hablaré con quien sea

ask whoever you like — pregúntaselo a cualquiera

2) (=the person that)

whoever said that is an idiot — quien haya dicho eso es un imbécil, quienquiera que haya dicho eso es un imbécil

3) (in questions) quién

whoever told you that? — ¿quién te dijo eso?

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[huː'evər, huː'evə(r)]
pronoun
a) (no matter who)

she's not coming in here, whoever she is — aquí no entra, quien quiera que sea or sea quien sea

whoever you ask — se lo preguntes a quien se lo preguntes, a quienquiera que se lo preguntes

b) (the one, ones who)

whoever did this must be insane — quienquiera que or quien haya hecho esto debe (de) estar loco

I'll invite whoever I like — voy a invitar a quien (se) me dé la gana

c) (in questions) quién

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