Querer Conditional Conjugation

Querer Conjugation: To understand the uses of the conditional for querer (keh-REHR), which means ‘to want,’ let’s begin with a question for you. Querrías viajar a un país donde se habla español? (Would you want to travel to a Spanish-speaking country?) Whether your answer is affirmative or negative, this is precisely the first use of the conditional: to express a probability or possibility. Now, imaginamos que querrías practicar español con nativo hablantes. (We imagine you would want to practice Spanish with native speakers.) This is the second use of the conditional: to express a supposition or presumption.

What do you want to do this weekend? Where do you want to go next? This lesson covers the Spanish verb ”querer”, which means ‘to want’ or ‘to love’. Learn how to express your wishes, make requests, or talk about feelings in the present and future tenses.

Next, the reason why we have this lesson here: Sabíamos que querrías aprender el condicional de querer. (We knew you would want to learn the conditional of querer). This tells us about the third use of the conditional: to make a statement (you would want to learn) based on a past assumption (we knew…).

Querer Conjugation Preterite

To want or not to want. What are your aspirations in life? What do you want to do? We are always discussing what we want and don’t want to do, either in the short or the long term. In order to talk about these topics in Spanish, you need to learn the verb querer, which means ”to want”, but also ”to love”, depending on the context.

Querer Preterite Conjugation\Querer Conjugation Chart

Before using querer in context, you should learn how to conjugate it properly. In order to talk about your wishes or what you want now, you need the present tense. Querer is an irregular verb, which means its stem changes when conjugating it, so you will need the stem quier- in all of its forms except for nosotros/as and vosotros/as, where quer- is kept. It’s important to note that in Spanish the u is always silent after q.

Querer Verb Conjugation

Querer Imperfect Conjugation

Finally, what another student answers to the opening question: Yo querría viajar a España pero no tengo tiempo. (I would want to travel to Spain but I don’t have time.) This use of the conditional is to express what would happen if it weren’t for a given impediment. In other words, it is to express a conditional situation.

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You’re probably thinking the verb querer translates better as ‘would like,’ and you’re right. We’re just giving you a literal translation to emphasize the dictionary meaning of querer, which is ‘to want.’ With this in mind, let’s move on to learn the conditional form of querer then look at other practical examples.