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Expressing desire (querer, gustar)

Written by qualified Spanish expert Inma Sánchez BA
Last updated: 2018-06-07

Querer and gustar can be used to express desire in Spanish. 

 

Lessons with more detail on Expressing desire (querer, gustar)

Querer que followed by the Spanish present subjunctive (El Presente de Subjuntivo)
Using deber, poder, querer in Spanish + infinitive to express must, can, to want to (Verbo modal)
Using gustar in Spanish + verb to say like [doing something]
Polite requests in Spanish: querría, quería and quisiera to politely say "I would like"
Using gustar in Spanish to say you like something
Using Spanish verb gustar to express personal attraction
Using querer in the preterite vs the imperfect in Spanish
How to say "to love something/doing something" in Spanish
Using gustar in the conditional in Spanish = would like [to do something]
Using quisiera for I would like (alternative to querría)
Querer que followed by the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish
Using gustar to say you like something (he likes, she likes, we like, you like, they like)
Using gustar de [algo/hacer algo] in Spanish to formally express liking
Spanish verb gustar and similar verbs in past tenses
Si + Imperfect subjunctive for "if only/I wish"
Using gustar to say you like doing something (he likes, she likes, we like, you like, they like)
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