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How do you say "What do you want?" in Spanish?
¿Qué quieres?
In Spanish, "What do you want?" is ¿Qué quieres?.
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Pronunciation
Say KAY kee-EH-res. Quieres rhymes with 'see-eh-res'.
Grammar notes
Querer means to want or wish. It is an irregular e-ie stem-changing verb.
Example sentence
Que quieres para tu cumpleanos.
What do you want for your birthday.
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How to remember ¿Qué quieres?
QUIERES is 'do you want'. The e changes to ie in the present tense forms.
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Questions about ¿Qué quieres?
How do you say "What do you want?" in Spanish?
In Spanish, "What do you want?" is ¿Qué quieres?. It is a noun.
How is ¿Qué quieres? written in Spanish?
¿Qué quieres? is written using the standard Spanish script.
How is ¿Qué quieres? used in a sentence?
Use ¿Qué quieres? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Que quieres para tu cumpleanos. (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 (Latin America) ¿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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