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

Concepts

want

wish

desire

will

hope

willingness

mean

hunger

love

❤️

starve

feel like

like

be willing to

trust

wanna

be fond of

wish well

design

lust

care

crave

dream

😴💭

famish

go hungry

have

itch

long for

be going to

need

require

thirst

Synonyms

desejar

esperar

ter vontade de

pretender

ter esperança

vontade

ansiar

esperança

requerer

procurar

ter necessidade de

ter precisão de

precisar

gostar

almejar

cobiçar

de

ter sede

ter vontade

Translations

vouloir

willen

querer

θέλω

volere

souhaiter

voler

wollen

istemek

désirer

desear

أراد

رغب

avoir envie de

Pronounced as (IPA)

/keˈɾe(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: quaerō

Cognate with Galician: querer

In summary

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.