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In the Wild
Real-world usage & examples
"Quiso impresionarla cocinando y casi quema la cocina."
He wanted to impress her by cooking and almost burned down the kitchen.
"Rosa Parks no quiso levantarse y cambió la historia."
Rosa Parks didn't want to get up and changed history.
"Mi alarma no quiso sonar y perdí la reunión importante."
My alarm didn't want to go off and I missed the important meeting.
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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.
Common
"you want"
quieren
Plural · PRES · Ind · 3ª pers.
Common
"they want"
quiso
Singular · PRET · Ind · 3ª pers.
Current
"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" |