querer

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).

Verb

querer

1. to want

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).

Noun

querer m (plural quereres)

1. love, like, liking

Verb

querer

1. to love
2. to like
3. to want
4. go to

   Esti zapatu quier romper.

   This shoe is going to break.

Conjugation

Impersonal forms
Infinitive		querer
Gerund		queriendo/queriendo
Past participle		m queríu, f querida, n querío, m pl queríos, f pl queríes
Personal forms
		yo	tu	él~elli/-a/-o	nosotros/-es~nós	vosotros/-es~vós	ellos/-es
Indicative	Present	quiero	quies	quier	queremos	queréis	quieren
	Imperfect preterite	quería	queríes	quería	queríamos queríemos	queríais queríeis	queríen
	Perfect preterite	quixi	quixisti quixesti	quixo	quiximos quixiemos	quixistis quixiestis	quixieron
	Pluperfect preterite	quixera quixere	quixeras quixeres	quixera quixere	quixéramos quixéremos	quixerais quixereis	quixeran quixeren
		yo	tu	él~elli/-a/-o	nosotros/-es~nós	vosotros/-es~vós	ellos/-es
Subjunctive	Present	quiera	quieras	quiera	queramos	queráis	quieran
	Imperfect preterite	quixera quixere	quixeras quixeres	quixera quixere	quixéramos quixéremos	quixerais quixereis	quixeran quixeren
		yo	tu	él~elli/-a/-o	nosotros/-es~nós	vosotros/-es~vós	ellos/-es
Potential	Future	quedré	quedrás	quedrá	quedremos	quedréis	quedrán
	Conditional	quedría	quedríes	quedría	quedríamos quedríemos	quedríais quedríeis	quedríen
		-	tu	vusté	nosotros/-es~nós	vosotros/-es~vós	vustedes
Imperative			quier		vamos querer	queréi

• Reference http://www.academiadelallingua.com/diccionariu/gramatica_llingua.pdf

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Galician

Alternative forms

• quer

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeɾ/

Verb

1. to desire; to want

   Quero comer. ― I want to eat.

   Synonym: desexar

2. to love, to like; to be fond of

   Quérote, meu ben. ― I love you, my treasure.

   Synonym: amar

3. first-person singular personal infinitive of querer
4. third-person singular personal infinitive of querer

Noun

querer m (plural quereres)

1. will
2. love, affection

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “querer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “querer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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German

Adjective

querer

1. inflection of quer:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.ˈɾe(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /kɨ.ˈɾeɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) to want; to wish; to desire

   Os meus filhos querem uma bola para o Natal.

   My children want a ball for Christmas.

2. (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.

3. (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.

4. (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?

5. (figurative, 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.

6. (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.

7. (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.

8. (transitive) to love (to have affection for)

   Oi papai, quero-te!

   Hey dad, I love you!

9. (figurative, 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.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:querer.

Synonyms

• (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

• desquerer
• quer
• quer dizer
• querença
• querendão
• querendo ou não
• querente
• querer dizer
• querido

 

Related terms

• requerer

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”). Cognate with English query.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeɾ/ [keˈɾeɾ]

Verb

1. to desire, to want, to want to

   Yo quiero leer ese libro. ― I want to read that book.

2. 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.

3. (as an indication of a request) would you ... ?

   ¿Quieres decirme qué pasó? ― Would you tell me what happened?

4. 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?

Usage notes

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.

Derived terms

• como quien no quiere la cosa
• culo veo, culo quiero
• que si quieres arroz, Catalina
• querer decir
• querer es poder
• 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

• adquirir
• inquirir
• querencia
• querendón
• querido
• requerir

 

Noun

querer m (plural quereres)

1. love; affection; fondness

Synonyms

• amor
• cariño

See also

• amar
• desear
• necesitar