querer
Translation
v.
› (desear)
⇨ to want
■ constr. to want + to do sthQuiero comer algo I want something to eat
⇨ to like
¿Qué quieres beber? What would you like to drink?
› (amar)
⇨ to love
⇨ to cherish
no querer decir Perdón, no quise decir eso
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that
querer decir
⇨ to mean
■ constr. to mean + thatIré con ellos, con Nicholas y Heather, quiero decir I'll go with them, with Nicholas and Heather, I mean
No quería decir que fuese mala persona I didn't mean that she is a bad person
sin querer
⇨ by accident
⇨ accidentally
(Definition of querer v. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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