querer
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Querer means 'to want' or 'to love.' Stem changes e→ie when stressed (quiero, quieres, quiere...) and has irregular preterite (quise, quisiste, quiso) and future (querré). Essential for wishes and ...
Conjugation
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Indicativo
Indicativo
Tiempo
Presente
Presente
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — querer
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber querido
- Gerundio — queriendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo querido
- Participio — querido
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Key forms
yo
quiero
tú
quieres
él/ella
quiere
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he querido
tú
has querido
él/ella
ha querido
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
quise
tú
quisiste
él/ella
quiso
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
quería
tú
querías
él/ella
quería
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había querido
tú
habías querido
él/ella
había querido
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube querido
tú
hubiste querido
él/ella
hubo querido
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
querré
tú
querrás
él/ella
querrá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
querría
tú
querrías
él/ella
querría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré querido
tú
habrás querido
él/ella
habrá querido
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría querido
tú
habrías querido
él/ella
habría querido
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
quiera
tú
quieras
él/ella
quiera
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya querido
tú
hayas querido
él/ella
haya querido
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
quisiera (quisiese)
tú
quisieras (quisieses)
él/ella
quisiera (quisiese)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera querido (hubiese querido)
tú
hubieras querido (hubieses querido)
él/ella
hubiera querido (hubiese querido)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
quisiere
tú
quisieres
él/ella
quisiere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere querido
tú
hubieres querido
él/ella
hubiere querido
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
quiere
él/ella
quiera
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
quieras
él/ella
quiera
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