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querer

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin quaerō (seek, look for, desire).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈɾe(ɾ)/
  • Syllabification: que‧rer
  • Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

Verb

querer

  1. to want

Conjugation

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin quaerō (seek, look for, desire).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈɾeɾ/ [keˈɾeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: que‧rer

Noun

querer m (plural quereres)

  1. love, like, liking

Verb

querer

  1. to love
  2. to like
  3. to want
  4. go to
    Esti zapatu quier romper.
    This shoe is going to break.

Conjugation

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈɾeɾ/ [keˈɾeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: que‧rer

Verb

querer (first-person singular present quero, first-person singular preterite quixen, past participle querido)
querer (first-person singular present quero, first-person singular preterite quigem or quis, past participle querido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to desire; to want
    Synonym: desexar
    Quero comer.I want to eat.
    • 1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:
      eu quero mal à esta jente / einos de por en talladas / esfarelandoll'os cascos / do corpo sacarll'as almas
      I wish ill these people / I'll make slices of them / crushing them helms / from them bodies I'll take out them souls
  2. to love, to like; to be fond of
    Synonym: amar
    Quérote, meu ben.I love you, my treasure.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • querer mal (to wish ill)
  • se Deus quer (God willing)

Noun

querer m (plural quereres)

  1. will
  2. love, affection

References

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German

Adjective

querer

  1. inflection of quer:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Old Galician-Portuguese

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