querer
Aragonese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).
Verb[edit]
querer
- to want
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).
Noun[edit]
querer m (plural quereres)
Verb[edit]
querer
Conjugation[edit]
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
querer (first-person singular present quero, first-person singular preterite quixen, past participle querido)
- to desire; to want
- 1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:
- eu quero mal à esta jente / einos de por en talladas / esfarelandoll'os cascos / do corpo sacarll'as almas
- I wish ill these people / I'll make slices of them / crushing them helms / from them bodies I'll take out them souls
- eu quero mal à esta jente / einos de por en talladas / esfarelandoll'os cascos / do corpo sacarll'as almas
- Quero comer. ― I want to eat.
- Synonym: desexar
- 1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:
- to love, to like; to be fond of
- Quérote, meu ben. ― I love you, my treasure.
- Synonym: amar
- first-person singular personal infinitive of querer
- third-person singular personal infinitive of querer
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- querer mal (“to wish ill”)
- se Deus quer (“God willing”)
Noun[edit]
querer m (plural quereres)
References[edit]
- “querer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
- “querer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
- “querer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “querer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “querer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
German[edit]
Adjective[edit]
querer
- inflection of quer:
Old Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
querer
- to want
Conjugation[edit]
Note: The verbs marked with an asterisk (*) were conjugated accordingly to the Old Portuguese conjugation system, given that there are no records of their usages.
| |||||||
infinitive | querer | ||||||
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gerund | querendo | ||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||
masculine | *quisto | *quistos | |||||
feminine | *quista | *quistas | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |
present | quero queiro |
queres | quer quere |
queremos | queredes | queren | |
imperfect | queria | querias | queria | queriamos | queriades | querian | |
preterite | quis quix quisi quise quigi quige |
quiseste quisiste quesiste quisische |
quis quix quise quiso |
quisemos *quesemos |
quisestes *quesestes |
quiseron queseron | |
pluperfect | quisera *quigera *quesera |
quiseras *quigeras *quesera |
quisera quigera quesera |
quiseramos *quigeramos *queseramos |
quiserades *quigerades *queserades |
quiseran *quigeran queseran | |
future | querrei | querrás | querrá | *querremos | querredes | querrán | |
conditional | queria querria |
querias querrias |
queria querria |
queriamos querriamos |
queriades querriades |
querian querrian | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |
present | queira quera |
queiras queras |
queira quera |
queiramos queramos |
queirades querades |
queiran queran | |
preterite | quisesse | quisesses | quisesse | quiséssemos | quiséssedes | quisessen | |
future | quiser *queser |
quiseres *queseres |
quiser queser |
quisermos quesermos |
quiserdes *queserdes |
quiseren queseren | |
imperative | — | tu | vossa mercee | nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
— | |
affirmative | — | *quer *quere |
queira quera |
queiramos queramos |
querede | — | |
negative | — | queiras queras |
queira quera |
queiramos queramos |
queirades querades |
— | |
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |
querer | quereres | querer | querermos | quererdes | quereren |
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /keˈɾe(r)/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /keˈɾe(h)/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /kiˈɾe(ɹ)/
- Hyphenation: que‧rer
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, chiefly 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]
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:querer.
Usage notes[edit]
In European Portuguese, the third person singular present indicative form is usually quer when not followed by an enclitic pronoun and quere when followed by one, so that one would write
but
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 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, to want to
- Yo quiero leer ese libro. ― I want to read that book.
- to love; to be fond of
- Te quiero. ― I love you.
- Ese hombre quiere a su país y moriría por él sin vacilar.
- That man loves his country and would die for it without hesitation.
- (as an indication of a request) would you ... ?
- ¿Quieres decirme qué pasó? ― Would you tell me what happened?
- to mean to, to try to
- No quería insultarte. ― He didn't mean to insult you.
- ¿Qué querías hacer de todos modos... impresionar a tus amigos? ― What were you trying to do anyway? Impress your friends?
- (reciprocal) to love each other
- Ustedes se quieren. No dejen que su orgullo se interponga en el camino del amor verdadero.
- You love each other. Don't let your pride get in the way of true love.
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.
The imperfect subjunctive is also used for polite requests:
- Quisiera un vaso de agua.
- I would like to have a cup of water.
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 | quierastú querásvos2 |
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 |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
- como quien no quiere la cosa
- como quiera
- como quiera que
- como quieras
- cuando quiera
- cuanto quiera que
- culo veo, culo quiero
- hacerse querer
- querer decir
- querer es poder
- que si quieres arroz, Catalina
- quien algo quiere, algo le cuesta
- quien bien te quiere, te hará llorar
- quiera Dios
- quiera que no
- quieras que no
- si Dios quiere
- sin querer
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
querer m (plural quereres)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “querer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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