Para la expresión querer
decir, ver la entrada correspondiente a la otra palabra.
A
verbo transitivo
1
(a una persona) (= amar) to love
(= apreciar) to like ¡te quiero! I love you! la quiero con locura I'm madly in love
with her en la oficina lo quieren mucho he is well
liked at the office querer bien
a alguien to want the best for somebody hacerse
querer por alguien to endear oneself to somebody querer mal
a alguien to wish somebody ill ◆MODISMO:¡por
lo que más quieras! (rogando) by all
that's sacred!
(regañando) for Heaven's sake!
2
(= desear)
2.1
[+ objeto] to want ¿cuál quieres? which
one do you want? hace lo que quiere she does what
she wants or as she pleases se lo di, pero no lo quiso I gave
it to him, but he didn't want (to take) it ¡lo que quieras! as you
wish!; have it your own way! ¿quieres un café? would
you like some coffee? querer pelea to
be looking for trouble
2.2
(+ INFIN) to want querer hacer algo to want to do
something quiere ser ingeniero he wants to be
an engineer ¿qué quieres comer hoy? what
would you like for dinner today? no quiso pagar he refused to
pay; he wouldn't pay
2.3
querer que alguien haga algo to want
somebody to do something no quiero que vayas I don't want
you to go el destino quiso que volvieran a verse fate
decreed that they should see each other again ¿qué quieres que te diga? what can I say? ¡qué
más quisiera yo! if only I could! ¡qué más quisiera yo que
ver juntos a mis hijos! what more could I wish for or want than to see my children together?
3
(= tener
intención de)
(+ INFIN) no quería hacerte daño I
didn't mean to hurt you quiso hacerlo pero no pudo he tried to do
it but he couldn't
4
(pidiendo algo) quería dos kilos de patatas, por favor I'd
like two kilos of potatoes, please; could I have two kilos of
potatoes, please? ¿querría participar en nuestra
oferta? would you like to take advantage of our offer? ¿cuánto quieren por el coche? what
are they asking for the car?; how much do they want for the car?
5
(= requerir) ¿para qué me querrá? I
wonder what he wants me for; what can he want me for?
6
(uso impersonal) quiere llover it looks like rain
B
verbo intransitivo
1
(= desear) ¿quieres? (ofreciendo algo) do
you want some?; would you like some? lo hago porque quiero I do it because I
want to como usted quiera as you wish ven cuando
quieras come whenever you like ◆MODISMO:como
quiere: tiene tanto dinero que vive como quiere he's
so rich he can live as he pleases ◆MODISMO:quiera
o no◆MODISMO:quiera
que no whether he etc likes it or not ◆REFRÁN:querer
es poder where there's a will there's a way
2
(= tener
intención) lo hizo queriendo he did it deliberately or on purpose lo hizo sin querer he didn't mean to do
it; he did it inadvertently
Verb: querer