quiero
Spanish, verb/ˈkjeɾo/
quiero is spelled Q-U-I-E-R-O (6 letters) and appears 617 times per million words in written Spanish, the 126th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quiero is a Spanish verb meaning “first-person singular present indicative of querer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quiero mean in English?
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of querer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. En el juego del truco, forma de aceptar cualquier canto o apuesta que se plantee durante el envido o el truco, sin aumentar más.
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 quiero
- kiero alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quiero?
- /ˈkjeɾo/
- [ˈkje.ɾo]
- [ˈkjeɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quiero in Spanish?
quiero appears 617 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).