querer el oro y el moro
Spanish, verb[keˈɾeɾ el ˈoɾo i el ˈmoɾo]
querer el oro y el moro is spelled Q-U-E-R-E-R-E-L-O-R-O-Y-E-L-M-O-R-O (18 letters). Querer el oro y el moro is a Spanish verb meaning “to have one's cake and eat it too” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does querer el oro y el moro mean in English?
verb
- 1
to have one's cake and eat it too
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Pedir lo que no se puede conseguir, lo imposible.
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 el oro y el moro
- quiero el oro y el moro first-person present singular
- quise el oro y el moro first-person preterite singular
- querido el oro y el moro participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce querer el oro y el moro?
- [keˈɾeɾ el ˈoɾo i el ˈmoɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.