These specific auxiliary verbs are used to express:
- Obligation: Deber (must) + infinitive
- Possibility: Poder (can) + infinitive
- Intention: Querer (want to) + infinitive
Take a look at these examples:
Note that to say must / can / want to in Spanish, you use:
Auxiliary verb (deber, poder, querer) + other verb in the infinitive
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