querer

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive,transitive) to want; to wish; to desire
2. (transitive) to want
3. (auxiliary) to want to (to feel the need to do something)
4. (auxiliary,broadly) to mind; why don’t ... (used to make polite requests)
5. (auxiliary,figuratively) to be almost; to be about to; to be likely to
6. (transitive) to wish (something) (to want a particular condition to be applied to someone or something)
7. (transitive) to wish (hope for something unlikely)
8. (copulative,ditransitive) to want (to want someone or something to reach a given state)
9. (transitive) to love (to have affection for)
10. (figuratively,transitive) to need (to be improvable with)

Noun

desire, will

Hyphenated as

que‧rer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/keˈɾe(ʁ)/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Quem assiste constantemente as nuvens nunca vai querer isso .

Those who constantly watch the clouds will never want this.