Querria (en. I would like)

/keˈre.a/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

Expresses the desire or intention to obtain something.

I would like to travel around the world.

Yo querría viajar por el mundo.

It is used to make requests in a more polite manner.

I would like to ask you a favor.

Querría pedirte un favor.

Indicates a future possibility with a hint of desire.

If I had money, I would like to buy a house.

Si tuviera dinero, querría comprar una casa.

From the verb querer, which comes from the Latin 'quaerere', meaning 'to seek' or 'to wish'.

I would like to know

Expresses the desire to obtain information about something.

querría saber

I would like to do

Indicates the desire to perform a specific action.

querría hacer

I would like to comment

Used when wishing to make a comment about a topic.

querría comentar

to want

To have the intention or desire to possess something.

querer

desire

Feeling of longing for something that is not possessed.

deseo

intention

Purpose or aim of doing something.

intención

I want, but in a softer or more polite way.

Instead of 'I want that', one says 'I would like that'.

En lugar de 'quiero eso', se dice 'querría eso'.

To express a longing in a dreamy manner.

I always say that I would like to live on a beach.

Siempre digo que querría vivir en una playa.