who
∞
1.0
- pronoun
- /huː/
:
quién
- Can you tell me who is responsible for organizing the event?
- know who
- who says
- who wants
You call them back, they're like, who are you, right?
- You call them back, they're like, who are you, right?
- We don't know who or what that is.
- OK, so Brian, who is Kate to you?
- Do you think they care who's supplying the names?
- Can you explain to people who Andrew Bustamante is?
- So I'm asking again, who is it in you?
- I'm trying to think who have I slid in?
- Just so you know who sent Columbus to?
Examples
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OK, so Brian, who is Kate to you?
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OK, So do you know who our Prime Minister is?
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Well, I think anyone who says they know is lying.
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Pretty soon we'll know who that somebody else is.
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Twitter is an important part of who I am as a person and a professional.
Academic text (2011) -
It made me wonder who was being hurt.
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You call them back, they're like, who are you, right?
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We don't know who or what that is.
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- Do you realize who you're talking to?
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How can you trust a man who's lied to you?
Idioms
- Informal
A person who suddenly succeeds and then does not know what to do next
- Informal
A short phrase people say to show they do not care and think something is not needed
- Informal
Saying a rhyme to blame someone shows you are the guilty person
- Baby Talk
A joking way to say the person who first noticed a bad smell caused it
Say this when someone acts very differently, as if they are a different person
Compounds
- Informal
A joking name for a woman whose real name people avoid saying
Surface Forms
Etymology
Who comes from an old English word hwa that meant 'which person'. It is part of the group of question words with wh-, like what and where, so who still asks 'which person' today.