Querer (to want) is regular in El Pretérito Imperfecto.
Have a look at its conjugation:
| yo | quería |
| tú | querías |
| él / ella / Ud. | quería |
| nosotros / nosotras |
queríamos |
| vosotros / vosotras |
queríais |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | querían |
Read and listen to these examples:
Look how in the examples querer is always followed by an infinitive. We use querer in El Pretérito Imperfecto combined with another verb to express what "you wanted at some point in the past".
See also Conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in El Pretérito Imperfecto (imperfect)
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