The Spanish verb querer means "to want, love". Below are its 8 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of querer is yo quiero, tú quieres, él/ella/usted quiere, nosotros queremos, vosotros queréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes quieren. It is irregular: 4 of its 6 present forms break the regular -er pattern. The tables below cover 8 tenses, from the present to the present perfect. Every present form and 4 example sentences have a listen button.
Forms in orange break the regular -er pattern.
| yo | quiero (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | quieres (irregular) | |
| él/ | quiere (irregular) | |
| nosotros | queremos | |
| vosotros | queréis | |
| ellos/ | quieren (irregular) |
| yo | quise (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tú | quisiste (irregular) |
| él/ | quiso (irregular) |
| nosotros | quisimos (irregular) |
| vosotros | quisisteis (irregular) |
| ellos/ | quisieron (irregular) |
| yo | quería |
|---|---|
| tú | querías |
| él/ | quería |
| nosotros | queríamos |
| vosotros | queríais |
| ellos/ | querían |
| yo | querré (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tú | querrás (irregular) |
| él/ | querrá (irregular) |
| nosotros | querremos (irregular) |
| vosotros | querréis (irregular) |
| ellos/ | querrán (irregular) |
| yo | querría (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tú | querrías (irregular) |
| él/ | querría (irregular) |
| nosotros | querríamos (irregular) |
| vosotros | querríais (irregular) |
| ellos/ | querrían (irregular) |
| yo | quiera (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tú | quieras (irregular) |
| él/ | quiera (irregular) |
| nosotros | queramos |
| vosotros | queráis |
| ellos/ | quieran (irregular) |
| tú | quiere (irregular) |
|---|---|
| usted | quiera (irregular) |
| nosotros | queramos |
| vosotros | quered |
| ustedes | quieran (irregular) |
| yo | he querido |
|---|---|
| tú | has querido |
| él/ | ha querido |
| nosotros | hemos querido |
| vosotros | habéis querido |
| ellos/ | han querido |
Querer is irregular. The present has the stem change in quiero, quieres, quiere, and quieren, while queremos and queréis keep quer. The preterite uses quis, and the future and conditional use querr, as in quise and querré.
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No. Querer is irregular.
They are quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos, quisisteis, and quisieron.
It uses querr. The future includes querré, and the conditional includes querría.