querer decir

== Spanish == === Etymology === Literally, “to want to say”. Compare many similar constructions in Romance languages such as Portuguese querer dizer, Galician querer dicir, French vouloir dire, Italian volere dire, Catalan voler dir, as well as Dutch willen zeggen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /keˌɾeɾ deˈθiɾ/ [keˌɾeɾ ð̞eˈθiɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /keˌɾeɾ deˈsiɾ/ [keˌɾeɾ ð̞eˈsiɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: que‧rer de‧cir === Verb === querer decir (first-person singular present quiero decir, first-person singular preterite quise decir, past participle querido decir) (idiomatic) to mean, to get at, to be getting at (in the sense of the want to convey something) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: ibig sabihin (calque) === Further reading === “querer decir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025