querer.
to want; to wish; to desire
Meaning & usage
to want; to wish; to desire
Os meus filhos querem uma bola para o Natal.
to want
Eu quero que venhas comigo.
to want to (to feel the need to do something)
Os agricultores queriam colher o trigo.
to mind; why don’t ... (used to make polite requests)
Você não quer sair?
to be almost; to be about to; to be likely to
Está querendo chover.
to wish (something) (to want a particular condition to be applied to someone or something)
Não queremos nada menos do que sofrimento para os culpados.
to wish (hope for something unlikely)
Eu queria que você estivesse aqui.
to want (to want someone or something to reach a given state)
São tantos que me querem morto.
to love (to have affection for)
Oi papai, quero-te!
to need (to be improvable with)
Essa música é boa mas quer um pouco mais de velocidade.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere (“to seek, look for, desire”). Compare Galician querer.
desire, will
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere (“to seek, look for, desire”). Compare Galician querer.
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