quería

wanted

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Ella quería conocerte.

She wanted to meet you.

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Tom quería aprender cómo vive la gente en otros países.

Tom wanted to learn how people in other countries live.

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Quería que fuera una sorpresa.

I wanted it to be a surprise.

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Él quería ir al mar.

He wanted to go to sea.

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Tom quería que Mary limpiara la tina.

Tom wanted Mary to clean the bathtub.

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Peter estaba harto de muchachas infantiles y quería conocer una mujer madura de verdad.

Peter was fed up with childish girls and wanted to meet a really mature woman.

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Tom quería que Mary fuera su compañera de baile.

Tom wanted Mary to be his dance partner.

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Originalmente, Abraham Lincoln quería que deportaran a todos los esclavos a África o al Caribe.

Originally, Abraham Lincoln wanted all slaves to be deported to Africa or the Caribbean.

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Tom no quería discutir con Mary.

Tom didn't want to argue with Mary.

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Tom quería ser como su hermano, Juan.

Tom wanted to be like his brother, John.

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De hecho, yo quería ser una damisela en una torre guardada por siete dragones, y que entonces el príncipe viniera en su caballo blanco, decapitase a los dragones y me liberase.

Actually I wanted to be a damsel in a tower guarded by seven dragons, and then a prince on a white horse would chop off the dragons' heads and liberate me.

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Quería advertirle a Tom.

I wanted to warn Tom.

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No quería que nadie supiera por qué fui allí.

I didn't want anyone to know why I went there.

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Quería darte algo, pero no estaba seguro de qué te gustaría.

I wanted to give you something, but I wasn't sure what you'd like.

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Sólo quería ver si lo sabías.

I just wanted to see if you knew it.

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Tom quería verme.

Tom wanted to see me.

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Me di cuenta de que aun cuando quería comer, no tenía tiempo suficiente.

I realized that even when I wanted to eat, I didn't have enough time.

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Lograba todo lo que quería.

He got all he wanted.

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Yo quería zapatos rojos.

I wanted red shoes.

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Supongo que Tom no quería molestarte.

I guess Tom didn't want to bother you.

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