querer

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”).

Verb

querer

1. to want

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin 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

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• quer

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere (“seek, look for, desire”). Compare Portuguese querer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeɾ/

Verb

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)

1. 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

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

   Synonym: amar

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

• querer mal (“to wish ill”)
• se Deus quer (“God willing”)

Noun

querer m (plural quereres)

1. will
2. love, affection

References

• “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

Adjective

querer

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quaerere (“seek, look for, desire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ

Verb

querer

1. to want

Conjugation

Descendants

• Galician: querer
• Portuguese: querer

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "querer"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere (“to seek, look for, desire”). Compare Galician querer.

Pronunciation

• (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

querer (first-person singular present quero, first-person singular preterite quis, 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, 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. (transitive with imperfect) to wish (hope for something unlikely)

   Eu queria que você estivesse aqui.

   I wish you were here.

8. (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.

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

   Oi papai, quero-te!

   Hey dad, I love you!

10. (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.

Usage notes

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

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

Related terms

• requerer

Noun

querer m (plural quereres)

1. desire, will

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quaerō (“seek, look for, desire”). Cognate with English query.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: que‧rer

Verb

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

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?

5. (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

• 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

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

querer m (plural quereres)

1. love; affection; fondness

   Synonyms: amor, cariño

See also

• amar
• desear
• necesitar

Further reading

• “querer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014