querer
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Aragonese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).
Verb[edit]
querer
- to want
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).
Noun[edit]
querer m (plural quereres)
Verb[edit]
querer
Conjugation[edit]
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).
Verb[edit]
querer (first-person singular present quero, first-person singular preterite quixen, past participle querido)
- to desire; to want
- to love, to like; to be fond of
- first-person singular personal infinitive of querer
- third-person singular personal infinitive of querer
Usage notes[edit]
- (to desire, want): desexar
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of querer (irregular)
German[edit]
Adjective[edit]
querer
- inflected form of quer
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
querer (first-person singular present indicative quero, past participle querido)
- (transitive, intransitive) to want; to wish; to desire
- Os meus filhos querem uma bola para o Natal.
- My children want a ball for Christmas.
- (transitive with que) to want ... to (to want or demand a given thing to occur)
- Eu quero que venhas comigo.
- I want you to come with me.
- (auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to want to (to feel the need to do something)
- Os agricultores queriam colher o trigo.
- The farmers wanted to harvest the wheat.
- (by extension, usually in the negative, auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to mind; why don’t ... (used to make polite requests)
- Você não quer sair?
- Why don’t you leave?
- (figuratively, auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to be almost; to be about to; to be likely to
- Está querendo chover.
- It’s about to rain.
- (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a or para or an indirect objective pronoun) to wish (to want a particular condition to be applied to someone or something)
- Não queremos nada menos do que sofrimento para os culpados.
- We wish nothing short of suffering for the guilty.
- (ditransitive, copulative for the second object) to want (to want someone or something to reach a given state)
- São tantos que me querem morto.
- There are so many who want me dead.
- (transitive) to love (to have affection for)
- Oi papai, quero-te!
- Hey dad, I love you!
- (figuratively, transitive) to need (to be improvable with)
- Essa música é boa mas quer um pouco mais de velocidade.
- This song is good but it needs a bit more speed.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb querer
Quotations[edit]
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:querer.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to desire): ter vontade de, desejar
- (to want to): ter vontade de
- (to be almost): estar quase/prestes a
- (to wish): desejar
- (to love): amar, adorar, gostar de
- (to need): precisar de
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”). Cognate with English query.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
querer (first-person singular present quiero, first-person singular preterite quise, past participle querido)
- to desire; to want
- Yo quiero leer ese libro. ― I want to read that book.
- to love; to be fond of
- (as an indication of a request) would you ... ?
- ¿Quieres decirme qué pasó? ― Would you tell me what happened?
- To mean to
- No quería insultarte. ― He didn't mean to insult you.
Usage notes[edit]
In the preterite, querer takes on special meaning:
- Él quiso resolver el conflicto.
- He tried to resolve the conflict.
- No quisieron volver a litigar los hechos del caso.
- They refused to relitigate the facts of the case.
Conjugation[edit]
| infinitive | querer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | queriendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | querido | querida | |||||
| plural | queridos | queridas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | quiero | quierestú querésvos |
quiere | queremos | queréis | quieren | |
| imperfect | quería | querías | quería | queríamos | queríais | querían | |
| preterite | quise | quisiste | quiso | quisimos | quisisteis | quisieron | |
| future | querré | querrás | querrá | querremos | querréis | querrán | |
| conditional | querría | querrías | querría | querríamos | querríais | querrían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | quiera | quieras | quiera | queramos | queráis | quieran | |
| imperfect (ra) |
quisiera | quisieras | quisiera | quisiéramos | quisierais | quisieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
quisiese | quisieses | quisiese | quisiésemos | quisieseis | quisiesen | |
| future1 | quisiere | quisieres | quisiere | quisiéremos | quisiereis | quisieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | quieretú querévos |
quiera | queramos | quered | quieran | ||
| negative | no quieras | no quiera | no queramos | no queráis | no quieran | ||
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
querer m (plural quereres)
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
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