This pronoun can take on the meaning of that, who, which, and whom. Usually when que is used, it acts as the bridge between the subject of a sentence and the description of that subject.
An interesting aspect of relative pronouns is that in English the majority of them can be omitted. If we take the sentence fragment la escuela que asisto, we can completely get rid of the relative pronoun in English, and simply say "the school I attend", instead of saying "the school that I attend". In Spanish, lamentably, the relative pronoun must always be present to combine both parts of the clause.
When used in conjunction with nadie(nobody) or alguien(somebody), the pronoun "que" can take on the meaning of "who":
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