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hu:mpronoun ((used as the object of a verb or preposition, but in everyday speech sometimes replaced by who) what person(s)(?): Whom/who do you want to see?; Whom/who did you give it to?; To whom shall I speak?) a quién/quiéneswhom pron1. quiénto whom did you speak? ¿con quién hablaste?2. quien / el que / la que / los que / las quetr[hʊːm]1 formal use (direct questions) a quién/quiénes■ whom did he kill? ¿a quién mató?■ to whom should I address it? ¿a quién debería ir dirigido?2 formal use (relative - defining) que, quien, quienes; (- after preposition) quien, quienes, el cual, la cual, los cuales, las cuales3 (relative - non-defining) quien, quienes, el cual, la cual, los cuales, las cuales■ our guest, of whom you must all have heard,... nuestro invitado, de quien todos deben haber oído hablar,...■ the man, whom she'd met previously,... el hombre, a quien había conocido antes,...whom ['hu:m] pronwhom did you choose?: ¿a quién elegiste?I don't know whom to consult: no sé con quién consultarthe lawyer whom I recommended to you: el abogado que te recomendépron.)• quien, quién pron.pron.• a quien pron.• a quién (es) pron.• al que pron.• que pron.• quien pron.• quién pron.huːmpronoun (frml)a) (in questions, indirect questions)whom did you visit? — ¿a quién visitaste?
a letter from whom? — ¿una carta de quién?
b) ( as relative)the cousin whom I mentioned earlier — el primo que or a quien mencioné antes
the girls, both of whom could dance — las chicas, que ambas sabían bailar
[huːm]PRON frmwhom did you see? — ¿a quién viste?
from whom did you receive it? — ¿de quién lo recibiste?
2) (relative)the gentleman whom I saw — el señor a quien or al cual or al que vi; (less formal) el señor que vi
the lady whom I saw — la señora a quien or a la cual or a la que vi; (less formal) la señora que vi
the lady with whom I was talking — la señora con la que or con la cual or con quien hablaba
three policemen, none of whom wore a helmet — tres policías, ninguno de los cuales llevaba casco
three policemen, two of whom were drunk — tres policías, dos de los cuales estaban borrachos
three policemen, all of whom were drunk — tres policías, que estaban todos borrachos
See:WHO, WHOM in WHO* * *[huːm]pronoun (frml)a) (in questions, indirect questions)whom did you visit? — ¿a quién visitaste?
a letter from whom? — ¿una carta de quién?
b) ( as relative)the cousin whom I mentioned earlier — el primo que or a quien mencioné antes
the girls, both of whom could dance — las chicas, que ambas sabían bailar
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