querer
Aragonese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).
Verb edit
querer
- to want
infinitive | querer | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | querendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | queriu, querito | querida, querita | |||||
plural | querius, queritos | queridas, queritas | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
busatros busatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
present | quero | queres | quere | queremos | querez | queren | |
imperfect | quereba, querebe | querebas | quereba | querebanos | querebaz | quereban | |
preterite | querié | queriés | querió | queriemos | queriez | querioron, querión | |
future | quereré | quererás | quererá | quereremos | quererez | quererán | |
conditional | querería | quererías | querería | quereríanos | quereríaz | quererían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
busatros busatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
present | quera | queras | quera | queramos | queraz | queran | |
imperfect | querese | quereses | querese | queresenos | queresez | queresen | |
imperative | — | tú | — | — | busatros busatras |
— | |
— | quere | — | — | querez | — |
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
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere (“seek, look for, desire”). Compare Portuguese querer.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
querer (first-person singular present quero, first-person singular preterite quixen, past participle querido)
querer (first-person singular present quero, first-person singular preterite quigem or quis, past participle querido, reintegrationist norm)
- to desire; to want
- Synonym: desexar
- Quero comer. ― I want to eat.
- 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
- to love, to like; to be fond of
- Synonym: amar
- Quérote, meu ben. ― I love you, my treasure.
Conjugation edit
1Less recommended.
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 2006–2022.
- “querer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “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
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin quaerere (“seek, look for, desire”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
querer
- to want
Conjugation edit
infinitive | simple | querer | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | — | ||||||
gerund | simple | querendo | |||||
compound | — | ||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||
masculine | — | — | |||||
feminine | — | — | |||||
present participle | querente | querentes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outras vos outros |
eles elas | |
simple tenses |
present | quero, queiro | queres, quês | quer, quere | queremos | queredes | queren |
imperfect | queria | querias | queria | queriamos, queríamos | queriades, queríades | querian | |
preterite | quis, quise, quige | quiseste, quisiste, quesiste, quisische | quis, quise, quiso | quisemos, *quesemos | quisestes, *quesestes | quiseron, queseron | |
pluperfect | quisera, *quigera, *quesera | quiseras, *quigeras, *quesera | quisera, quigera, quesera | quiseramos, quiséramos, *quigeramos, *quigéramos, *queseramos, *queséramos | quiserades, quisérades, *quigerades, *quigérades, *queserades, *quesérades | quiseran, *quigeran, queseran | |
future | querrei | querrás | querrá | *querremos | querredes | querrán | |
conditional | querria, queria | querrias, querias | querria, queria | querriamos, querríamos, queriamos, queríamos | querriades, querríades, queriades, queríades | querrian, querian | |
compound tenses1 |
present perfect | — | |||||
present imperfect | — | ||||||
past anterior | — | ||||||
pluperfect | — | ||||||
future perfect | — | ||||||
conditional perfect | — | ||||||
subjunctive mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |
simple tenses |
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 | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | — | |||||
pluperfect | — | ||||||
future perfect | — | ||||||
imperative mood | – | tu | vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
– | |
affirmative | — | *quer, *quere | queira, quera | queiramos, queramos | querede | — | |
negative | — | non queiras, non queras | non queira, non quera | non queiramos, non queramos | non queirades, non querades | — | |
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |
querer | quereres | querer | querermos | quererdes | quereren |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere (“to seek, look for, desire”). Compare Galician querer.
Pronunciation edit
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /keˈɾe(h)/, (without vowel harmony) /kɛˈɾe(h)/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /kiˈɾe(ɹ)/
- Homophone: crer (Portugal, with elision)
- Hyphenation: que‧rer
Verb edit
querer (first-person singular present quero, first-person singular preterite quis, 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?
- (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.
- (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.
- (transitive with imperfect) to wish (hope for something unlikely)
- Eu queria que você estivesse aqui.
- I wish you were here.
- (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!
- (figurative, transitive) to need (to be improvable with)
- Essa música é boa mas quer um pouco mais de velocidade.
- That song is good but it needs a bit more speed.
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
- Ele quer o livro. ― He wants the book.
- Ele quere-o. ― He wants it.
Conjugation edit
1Brazil only.
Quotations edit
For quotations using 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
Noun edit
querer m (plural quereres)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited 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 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
- hierba del querer
- manos besa el hombre, que querría ver cortadas
- pintar como querer
- por lo que más quieres
- que si quieres arroz, Catalina
- querer decir
- querer es poder
- quien algo quiere, algo le cuesta
- quien bien te quiere, te hará llorar
- quien más tiene, más quiere
- quiera Dios
- quiera que no
- quieras que no
- si Dios quiere
- si quisiera Dios
- 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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