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want

/wɑnt/ verbo A1

En español: querer, desear

  1. To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand. (transitive) · I want you as a friend, not a foe.· What do you want to eat? I want you to leave. I never wanted to go back to live with my mother.
  2. To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it. (transitive) · The game developers of Candy Crush want you to waste large, copious amounts of your money on in-game purchases to buy boosters and lives.
  3. To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with. (transitive) · Ma’am, you are exactly the professional we want for this job.· Danish police want him for embezzlement.
  4. To desire (to experience desire); to wish. (intransitive) · You can leave if you want.
  5. To be advised to do or aim for something (compare should, ought). (colloquial) · You’ll want to repeat this three or four times to get the best result.
  6. To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun). (colloquial, transitive) · That chair wants fixing and a clean.· What you really want is a good smack!
  7. To be lacking or deficient or absent. (dated, intransitive) · There was something wanting in the play.
  8. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. (dated, intransitive) · The paupers desperately want.

Plural want · He/she/it wants · Pasado wanted · Participio pasado wanted · Forma en -ing wanting

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De la biblioteca

“I want him to give me some brains,” said the Scarecrow eagerly.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 59 · B2
He is nothing to us, you know, and I am sure I never want to see him again.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 308 · B2
Her nose wants character; there is nothing marked in its lines.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 305 · B2
“I am not in any want, thank God, my living is suited to my means.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 17 · C1

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