querer
Spanish, noun/keˈɾeɾ/
querer is spelled Q-U-E-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,550th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Querer is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “love; affection; fondness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Afecto, cariño, amor”.
What does querer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to desire, to want, to want to
Yo quiero leer ese libro.
- 2
to love; to be fond of (usually used with people or personified objects)
Te quiero.
- 3
would you ... ?
¿Quieres decirme qué pasó?
- 4
to mean to, to try to
No quería insultarte.
- 5
to love each other
Ustedes se quieren. No dejen que su orgullo se interponga en el camino del amor verdadero.
noun
- 1
masculinelove; affection; fondness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener el deseo de hacer algo. 2. Tener la intención de hacer algo. 3. Tener la voluntad o determinación de hacer algo. 4. Tener la voluntad de conseguir algo.
verb: 1. Tener el deseo de poseer algo. 2. Tener el deseo de que ocurra algo. 3. Sentir afecto. 4. Sentir amor.
verb: 1. Estar a punto de ocurrir algo.
noun: 1. Afecto, cariño, amor.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of querer
- quiero first-person present singular
- quise first-person preterite singular
- querido participle past
- e-ie alternation
- queriendo gerund
- querida feminine participle past
- queridos masculine participle past
- queridas feminine participle past
- quieres indicative informal present
- querés indicative informal present
- quiere indicative present singular
- queremos first-person indicative plural
- queréis indicative plural present
- quieren indicative plural present
- quería first-person imperfect indicative
- querías imperfect indicative second-person
- queríamos first-person imperfect indicative
- queríais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce querer?
- /keˈɾeɾ/
- [keˈɾeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to querer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is querer in Spanish?
querer appears 56 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).