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How do you say "What do you want?" in Mexican Spanish?
¿Qué quieres?
In Mexican Spanish, "What do you want?" is ¿Qué quieres?.
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Pronunciation
Kay kee-EH-res: quieres has stress on the first syllable and a soft y sound before the vowel.
Grammar notes
Querer is an irregular -er verb. Quieres is the second person singular present tense (you want). The stem changes from quer to quier in most forms.
Example sentence
¿Qué quieres para tu cumpleaños?
What do you want for your birthday?
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How to remember ¿Qué quieres?
Quieres sounds like 'key-air-es,' the stressed first syllable emphasized. Think of wanting something as a key desire.
Related words
- What can't you do? ¿Qué no puedes hacer?
- What do you dislike? ¿Qué no te gusta?
- What is the temperature? ¿Qué temperatura hace?
- What is the temperature on Monday? ¿Qué temperatura hace el lunes?
- What is the temperature on Sunday? ¿Qué temperatura hace el domingo?
- What is the temperature on Thursday? ¿Qué temperatura hace el jueves?
- What is the temperature on Wednesday? ¿Qué temperatura hace el miércoles?
- What is the weather on Tuesday? ¿Cómo está el clima el martes?
- Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres?
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Questions about ¿Qué quieres?
How do you say "What do you want?" in Mexican Spanish?
In Mexican Spanish, "What do you want?" is ¿Qué quieres?. It is a noun.
How is ¿Qué quieres? written in Mexican Spanish?
¿Qué quieres? is written using the standard Mexican Spanish script.
How is ¿Qué quieres? used in a sentence?
Use ¿Qué quieres? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: ¿Qué quieres para tu cumpleaños? (What do you want for your birthday?).
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"What do you want?" in other languages
- Japanese 何が欲しいですか？ (nani ga hoshī desu ka ？)
- Korean 무엇을 하고 싶어요? (mueoseul hago sipeoyo?)
- Chinese 你想要什么? (nǐ xiǎng yào shén me ?)
- Spanish ¿Qué quieres?
- French Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais?
- German Was wünschst du dir?
- Italian Cosa vuoi?
- Russian Что ты хочешь? (čto ty hočešʹ?)
- Greek Τι θες; (ti thes)
- Arabic أنت عايز إيه؟ (inta Aaeyiz 'ieeh)
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