Querer Conjugation | How to Conjugate Querer in Spanish

¡Te quiero mucho! ¿Quieres bailar? Querer is one of the most used Spanish verbs and you’ll hear it constantly. In this article, I’ll show you all the conjugations of querer. You’ll learn how to conjugate querer in the different Spanish tenses, and I’ll also give you some relevant example sentences to help you practice.

The Spanish verb querer usually means “to want.” Its use is quite similar to the English verb. However, we can also use querer to express affection such as “Te quiero,” which is how we say “I love you.” Querer is an irregular verb. This means that it doesn’t follow a common pattern. Instead, you’ll need to learn each of its different conjugation forms.

The verb querer is one of the most useful verbs to learn when it comes to saying your first phrases in Spanish. You can use it to talk about what you need, what you wish, and what you don’t feel like doing. Furthermore, you can use it to talk about your future plans, to invite people to do something, or to talk about love.

The table below shows you three common conjugations of the verb querer: the infinitive, the gerund, and the past participle.

Here are three example sentences that use the conjugations of querer from the table above:

• Infinitive: No siempre es bueno querer tener la razón. (It’s not always good to want to be right. )
• Gerund: No queriendo reírse, él trató de disimular. (Not wanting to laugh, he tried to keep a straight face.)
• Past Participle: Hubiese querido que las cosas fueran diferentes. (I would’ve wanted things to be different.)

Now that you know the meaning of querer, you can start learning all of its different conjugations. The table below shows all of the different Spanish verb tenses. You can click on a specific one to see the conjugation in that tense.

How to Conjugate Querer in Indicative Tense

The indicative belongs to one of the four Spanish moods. We use this mood to explain facts and statements. The indicative is the most common mood in Spanish and learning its different tenses can help you express most of your ideas. There are 5 different tenses for this mood: present, future, preterite, imperfect, and conditional tense.

Indicative Present

The indicative present tense is used to describe facts or permanent situations. We can use this tense to indicate the state of being of a noun or pronoun at the present moment or a noun or pronoun’s specific characteristic. For example, the conjugation of querer for the pronoun “I” is “Yo quiero,” which means “I want.” Note that this is one of the most commonly used conjugations of querer in the present tense.

In the following table we’ll take a look at the conjugations of querer in the indicative present tense:

Pronoun	Querer Conjugation	English Meaning
Yo	quiero	I want
Tú	quieres	You want
Vos	querés	You want
Él/Ella/Usted	quiere	He/She wants, You want
Nosotros	queremos	We want
Vosotros	queréis	You want
Ellos/Ellas/ Ustedes	quieren	They want, You want

Here are some example sentences showing how to conjugate querer in the indicative present tense:

• Quiero un beso. (I want a kiss.)
• Nosotros queremos ir a bailar. (We want to go dancing.)
• Ellos quieren hacerte sonreír. (They want to make you smile.)

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Indicative Future

The indicative future tense is used when speaking of the state of being, characteristics, or belonging of a noun or pronoun in the future. We use this tense to show the certainty of a future event. You can also use it when talking about predictions, goals, intentions, or plans.

In the table below, you’ll find the different querer conjugations for the indicative future tense:

Pronoun	Querer Conjugation	English Meaning
Yo	querré	I will want
Tú	querrás	You will want
Vos	querrás	You will want
Él/Ella/Usted	querrá	She/He/You will want
Nosotros	querremos