querer

Definitions of querer
  1. noun
    a positive feeling of liking
    synonyms: afección, afecto, afectuosidad, apego, asimiento, bienquerencia, bienquerer, cariño, coqueteo, devoción, dilección, simpatía, solicitud, ternura, voluntad
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    sentimiento
    the experiencing of affective and emotional states
  2. verb
    hope for; have a wish
    synonyms: anhelar, ansiar, desear
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    desear
    feel or have a desire for; want strongly
  3. verb
    wish or demand the presence of
    synonyms: desear, necesitar
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    demandar, exigir, reclamar
    request urgently and forcefully
  4. verb
    have need of
    synonyms: necesitar, requerir
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    ser
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  5. verb
    have a great affection or liking for
    synonyms: adorar, amar
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    abominar, aborrecer, detestar, odiar
    dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
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    adorar, amar
    be enamored or in love with
    atesorar, cuidar, ocuparse de, preocuparse de, valorar
    be fond of; be attached to
    adorar
    love intensely
    idolatrar, reverenciar, venerar
    love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
  6. verb
    be enamored or in love with
    synonyms: adorar, amar
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    adorar, amar
    have a great affection or liking for
  7. verb
    be fond of; be attached to
    synonyms: atesorar, cuidar, ocuparse de, preocuparse de, valorar
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    adorar, amar
    have a great affection or liking for
  8. verb
    feel or have a desire for; want strongly
    synonyms: desear
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    ambicionar, anhelar, ansiar, codiciar
    have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
    extrañar, perder
    feel or suffer from the lack of
    anhelar, ansiar, desear
    hope for; have a wish
    anhelar, codiciar, envidiar
    be envious of; set one's heart on
    anhelar, ansiar, apetecer, consumirse, doler
    desire strongly or persistently
    buscar, investigar, perseguir
    try to get or reach
    consumirse, doler
    have a desire for something or someone who is not present
    desear
    wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
  9. verb
    receive willingly something given or offered
    synonyms: aceptar
    recibir
    get something; come into possession of
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    antonyms:
    declinar, rechazar
    refuse to accept
    desdeñar, desesperanzar, rechazar
    reject with contempt
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    aceptar, admitir
    admit into a group or community
    aceptar, acoger
    accept gladly
    favorecer, honrar
    accept as pay
    adoptar, apropiarse
    take up and practice as one's own
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    conseguir, obtener, sacar, tomar
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  10. verb
    be without, lack; be deficient in
    synonyms: carecer, desear, necesitar, requerir
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