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Spanish
Verb
querer decir (first-person singular present quiero decir, first-person singular preterite quise decir, past participle querido decir)
- (idiomatic) to mean, to get at, to be getting at (in the sense of the want to convey something)
¿Qué quieres decir?- What do you mean?
- (literally, “What do you want to say?”)
¿Entiendes lo que quiero decir?- Do you see what I'm getting at?
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