querer

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Verb

querer

  1. to want

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

Galician

Etymology

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

Verb

querer (first-person singular present quero, first-person singular preterite quixen, past participle querido)

  1. to desire; to want
  2. to love, to like; to be fond of
  3. first-person singular personal infinitive of querer
  4. third-person singular personal infinitive of querer

Usage notes

  • (to desire, want): desexar

Conjugation

German

Adjective

querer

  1. inflected form of quer

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

querer (first-person singular present indicative quero, past participle querido)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to want; to wish; to desire
    Meus filhos querem uma bola no 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, 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?
  5. (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.
  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. (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

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:querer.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈɾer/

Verb

querer (first-person singular present quiero, first-person singular preterite quise, past participle querido)

  1. to desire; to want
    Yo quiero leer ese libro. ― I want to read that book.
  2. to love; to be fond of
  3. (as an indication of a request) would you ... ?
    ¿Quieres decirme qué pasó? ― Would you tell me what happened?
  4. To mean to
    No quería insultarte. ― He didn't mean to insult you.

Conjugation

        Conjugation of querer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    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.

    Other verbs with this conjugation:

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          Selected combined forms of quereredit data

      These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      with infinitive querer
      dative quererme quererte quererle, quererse querernos quereros quererles, quererse
      accusative quererme quererte quererlo, quererla, quererse querernos quereros quererlos, quererlas, quererse
      with gerund queriendo
      dative queriéndome queriéndote queriéndole, queriéndose queriéndonos queriéndoos queriéndoles, queriéndose
      accusative queriéndome queriéndote queriéndolo, queriéndola, queriéndose queriéndonos queriéndoos queriéndolos, queriéndolas, queriéndose
      with informal second-person singular imperative quiere
      dative quiéreme quiérete quiérele quiérenos not used quiéreles
      accusative quiéreme quiérete quiérelo, quiérela quiérenos not used quiérelos, quiérelas
      with formal second-person singular imperative quiera
      dative quiérame not used quiérale, quiérase quiéranos not used quiérales
      accusative quiérame not used quiéralo, quiérala, quiérase quiéranos not used quiéralos, quiéralas
      with first-person plural imperative queramos
      dative not used querámoste querámosle querámonos querámoos querámosles
      accusative not used querámoste querámoslo, querámosla querámonos querámoos querámoslos, querámoslas
      with informal second-person plural imperative quered
      dative queredme not used queredle querednos quereos queredles
      accusative queredme not used queredlo, queredla querednos quereos queredlos, queredlas
      with formal second-person plural imperative quieran
      dative quiéranme not used quiéranle quiérannos not used quiéranles, quiéranse
      accusative quiéranme not used quiéranlo, quiéranla quiérannos not used quiéranlos, quiéranlas, quiéranse

      Derived terms

      Noun

      querer m (plural quereres)

      1. love; affection; fondness

      Synonyms

      See also

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