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In the Wild
Real-world usage & examples
"¿Quieres pizza o quieres mentir diciendo que estás a dieta?"
Do you want pizza or do you want to lie saying you're on a diet?
"Si quieres que algo salga mal, ponme a cargo."
If you want something to go wrong, put me in charge.
"Quieres cambiar el mundo, pero no te levantas del sofá."
You want to change the world, but you won't get off the couch.
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Conjugations
Most common forms
querer
Infinitive
Most Used
"to want"
quiero
Singular · PRES · Ind · 1ª pers.
Most Used
"I want"
quiere
Singular · PRES · Ind · 3ª pers.
Most Used
"he/she wants"
quieres
Singular · PRES · Ind · 2ª pers.
Current
"you want"
quieren
Plural · PRES · Ind · 3ª pers.
Common
"they want"
quiso
Singular · PRET · Ind · 3ª pers.
Common
"he/she wanted"
| Form | Tense / Mood | Person | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| querer | Infinitive | — | "to want" |
| queriendo | Gerund | — | "wanting" |
| querido | Participle | — | "wanted" |
| Present Indicative | |||
| quiero | Singular · PRES · Ind · 1ª pers. | yo | "I want" |
| quieres | Singular · PRES · Ind · 2ª pers. | tú | "you want" |
| quiere | Singular · PRES · Ind · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "he/she wants" |
| queremos | Plural · PRES · Ind · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "we want" |
| queréis | Plural · PRES · Ind · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "you all want" |
| quieren | Plural · PRES · Ind · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "they want" |
| Preterite (Past) | |||
| quise | Singular · PRET · Ind · 1ª pers. | yo | "I wanted" |
| quisiste | Singular · PRET · Ind · 2ª pers. | tú | "you wanted" |
| quiso | Singular · PRET · Ind · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "he/she wanted" |
| quisimos | Plural · PRET · Ind · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "we wanted" |
| quisisteis | Plural · PRET · Ind · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "you all wanted" |
| quisieron | Plural · PRET · Ind · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "they wanted" |
| Imperfect | |||
| querías | Singular · IMPERF · Ind · 2ª pers. | tú | "you used to want" |
| quería | Singular · IMPERF · Ind · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "he/she used to want" |
| queríamos | Plural · IMPERF · Ind · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "we used to want" |
| queríais | Plural · IMPERF · Ind · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "you all used to want" |
| querían | Plural · IMPERF · Ind · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "they used to want" |
| Future | |||
| querré | Singular · FUT · Ind · 1ª pers. | yo | "I will want" |
| querrás | Singular · FUT · Ind · 2ª pers. | tú | "you will want" |
| querrá | Singular · FUT · Ind · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "he/she will want" |
| querremos | Plural · FUT · Ind · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "we will want" |
| querréis | Plural · FUT · Ind · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "you all will want" |
| querrán | Plural · FUT · Ind · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "they will want" |
| Conditional | |||
| querrías | Singular · COND · Ind · 2ª pers. | tú | "you would want" |
| querría | Singular · COND · Ind · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "he/she would want" |
| querríamos | Plural · COND · Ind · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "we would want" |
| querríais | Plural · COND · Ind · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "you all would want" |
| querrían | Plural · COND · Ind · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "they would want" |
| Present Subjunctive | |||
| quieras | Singular · PRES · Subj · 2ª pers. | tú | "that you want" |
| quiera | Singular · PRES · Subj · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "that he/she want" |
| queramos | Plural · PRES · Subj · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "that we want" |
| queráis | Plural · PRES · Subj · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "that you all want" |
| quieran | Plural · PRES · Subj · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "that they want" |