querer

Portuguese

/kɨ.ˈɾeɾ/, /ke.ˈɾe(ʁ)/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to want; to wish; to desire
  • to want ... to to want or demand a given thing to occur
  • (auxiliary) to want to to feel the need to do something
  • (by extension) to mind; why don’t ... used to make polite requests
  • (figurative) to be almost; to be about to; to be likely to
  • to wish to want a particular condition to be applied to someone or something
  • (ditransitive) to want to want someone or something to reach a given state
  • (transitive) to love to have affection for
  • (figurative) to need to be improvable with

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese querer inherited from Latin quaerō (seek, look for, desire, I ask).

Origin

Latin

quaerō

Gloss

seek, look for, desire, I ask

Concept
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Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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