querer

/keˈɾeɾ/, [keˈɾeɾ]

to want, want


Examples
  • ¿Qué más podría querer?

    What more could I want?

  • No estoy seguro de querer darle esto a Tom.

    I'm not sure I want to give this to Tom.

  • Ella no está segura de querer hacer esto.

    She's not sure she wants to do this.

  • Tom tumbó la figurilla preferida de Mary del estante sin querer y la rompió.

    Tom accidentally knocked Mary's favourite figurine off the shelf and broke it.

  • No estoy seguro de querer hacerlo.

    I'm not sure I want to do this.

  • No puedo culpar a Tom por no querer venir.

    I can't blame Tom for not wanting to come.

  • —¿Estás segura de querer llamar a la policía? —le pregunté.

    "Are you sure you want to call the police?" I asked her.

  • "Menéame" resulta querer decir "menéame".

    "Menéame" turns out to mean "wiggle me."

  • Tom tiene todo lo que una persona puede querer.

    Tom has everything a person could want.

  • Las mujeres no suelen querer hablar conmigo.

    Women don't usually want to talk with me.

  • Es hermosa, es cierto, pero cuando abre la boca lo único que vas a querer es escaparte de ella.

    She's beautiful, that's true—but once she opens her mouth, you'll only want to get away!

  • No estoy seguro de querer ver esto.

    I'm not sure I want to see this.

  • Sin querer, revivió a su suegra.

    He unintentionally revived his mother-in-law.

  • No estoy segura de querer hacer esto.

    I'm not sure I want to do this.

  • Quiero querer.

    I want to want.

  • No estoy seguro de que vayas a querer hacer eso.

    I'm not sure you're going to want to do that.

  • En Inglaterra el mesero nos preguntó, "¿Cuánta cerveza van a querer, media pinta o una pinta?". Sin tener idea de cuánto sería eso, le pedimos que nos mostrara los vasos.

    In England the waiter asked us, "How much beer would you like, a half pint or a pint?" Having no idea how much that would be, we asked him to show us the glasses.

  • Querer cosas nos hace más felices que realmente tenerlas.

    Wanting things makes us happier than actually having them.

  • ¿Por qué Tom debería querer ayudar a María?

    Why should Tom want to help Mary?

  • Aunque tenía mucho juguetes, su avaricia le hizo querer más.

    Although he had many toys, his greed made him want more.


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