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

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

---

Galician

Alternative forms

• quer

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeɾ/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of querer (irregular)

infinitive			querer
gerund			querendo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		querido		queridos
		feminine		querida		queridas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	quero	queres	quere	queremos	queredes	queren
	imperfect	quería	querías	quería	queriamos	queriades	querían
	preterite	quixen	quixeches	quixo	quixemos	quixestes	quixeron
	pluperfect	quixera	quixeras	quixera	quixeramos	quixerades	quixeran
	future	quererei	quererás	quererá	quereremos	quereredes	quererán
	conditional	querería	quererías	querería	quereriamos	quereriades	quererían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	queira	queiras	queira	queiramos	queirades	queiran
	preterite	quixese	quixeses	quixese	quixésemos	quixésedes	quixesen
	future	quixer	quixeres	quixer	quixermos	quixerdes	quixeren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	quere	queira	queiramos	querede	queiran
	negative	—	queiras	queira	queiramos	querades	queiran
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		querer	quereres	querer	querermos	quererdes	quereren

Noun

querer m (plural quereres)

1. will
2. love, affection

References

• “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

Adjective

querer

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

---

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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, 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

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb querer

Notes:[edit] This is an irregular abundant verb of the -er group. Verbs with this conjugation include: querer.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	querer
Personal	querer	quereres	querer	querermos	quererdes	quererem
Gerund
	querendo
Past participle
Masculine	querido			queridos
Feminine	querida			queridas
Indicative
Present	quero	queres	quer quere	queremos	quereis	querem
Imperfect	queria	querias	queria	queríamos	queríeis	queriam
Preterite	quis	quiseste	quis	quisemos	quisestes	quiseram
Pluperfect	quisera	quiseras	quisera	quiséramos	quiséreis	quiseram
Future	quererei	quererás	quererá	quereremos	querereis	quererão
Conditional
	quereria	quererias	quereria	quereríamos	quereríeis	quereriam
Subjunctive
Present	queira	queiras	queira	queiramos	queirais	queiram
Imperfect	quisesse	quisesses	quisesse	quiséssemos	quisésseis	quisessem
Future	quiser	quiseres	quiser	quisermos	quiserdes	quiserem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	quer	queira	queiramos	querei	queiram
Negative (não)	-	queiras	queira	queiramos	queirais	queiram

Quotations

For quotations of use of 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

---

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeɾ/

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.

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.

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:

► Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation querer)

    Selected combined forms of querer^{edit 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

• como quien no quiere la cosa
• querer decir
• 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