El verbo want en inglés: conjugación, definición, sinónimos y expresiones

Esta ficha informativa detalla la conjugación de want en inglés y te ofrece la definición de este verbo, phrasal verbs relacionados, sinónimos y expresiones en las que aparece.

Tablas de conjugación de to want en inglés

Conjugación del verbo want en el indicativo

Verbo want en present simple

  • I want
  • You want
  • He/she/it wants
  • We want
  • You want
  • They want

Verbo want en present continuous

  • I am wanting
  • You are wanting
  • He/she/it is wanting
  • We are wanting
  • You are wanting
  • They are wanting

Verbo want en past simple

  • I wanted
  • You wanted
  • He/she/it wanted
  • We wanted
  • You wanted
  • They wanted

Verbo want en past continuous

  • I was wanting
  • You were wanting
  • He/she/it was wanting
  • We were wanting
  • You were wanting
  • They were wanting

Verbo want en present perfect

  • I have wanted
  • You have wanted
  • He/she/it has wanted
  • We have wanted
  • You have wanted
  • They have wanted

Verbo want en present perfect continuous

  • I have been wanting
  • You have been wanting
  • He/she/it has been wanting
  • We have been wanting
  • You have been wanting
  • They have been wanting

Verbo want en past perfect

  • I had wanted
  • You had wanted
  • He/she/it had wanted
  • We had wanted
  • You had wanted
  • They had wanted

Verbo want en past perfect continuous

  • I had been wanting
  • You had been wanting
  • He/she/it had been wanting
  • We had been wanting
  • You had been wanting
  • They had been wanting

Verbo want en future

  • I will want
  • You will want
  • He/she/it will want
  • We will want
  • You will want
  • They will want

Verbo want en future continuous

  • I will be wanting
  • You will be wanting
  • He/she/it will be wanting
  • We will be wanting
  • You will be wanting
  • They will be wanting

Verbo want en future perfect

  • I will have wanted
  • You will have wanted
  • He/she/it will have wanted
  • We will have wanted
  • You will have wanted
  • They will have wanted

Verbo want en future perfect continuous

  • I will have been wanting
  • You will have been wanting
  • He/she/it will have been wanting
  • We will have been wanting
  • You will have been wanting
  • They will have been wanting

Conjugación del verbo want en el condicional

Verbo want en conditional present

  • I would want
  • You would want
  • He/she/it would want
  • We would want
  • You would want
  • They would want

Verbo want en conditional present continuous

  • I would be wanting
  • You would be wanting
  • He/she/it would be wanting
  • We would be wanting
  • You would be wanting
  • They would be wanting

Verbo want en conditional perfect

  • I would have wanted
  • You would have wanted
  • He/she/it would have wanted
  • We would have wanted
  • You would have wanted
  • They would have wanted

Verbo want en conditional perfect continuous

  • I would have been wanting
  • You would have been wanting
  • He/she/it would have been wanting
  • We would have been wanting
  • You would have been wanting
  • They would have been wanting

Otras formas

Infinitivo de want

  • to want

Participio presente de want

  • wanting

Participio pasado de want

  • wanted

Imperativo de want

  • want
  • let’s want

Definición de want en inglés

¿Qué significa el verbo want en español?

El Cambridge Dictionary ofrece varias definiciones del verbo querer.

Veamos las principales:

1. To wish for a particular thing or plan of action

She wants to go abroad. → Quiere irse al extranjero.

2. To need something

This room wants cleaning. → Esta sala necesita limpieza.

3. If you are wanted, someone wishes to see or talk with you

Come down! You’re wanted at the door. → ¡Al suelo! Te buscan en la puerta.

Para consultar la página completa del Cambridge Dictionary, haz clic aquí.

Phrasal verbs con want en inglés

Recordatorio: los phrasal verbs ( o “verbos con partícula”) son verbos que, al ir seguidos de otra palabra (la partícula), completan o modifican su significado original.

Estos son los principales phrasal verbs formados a partir del verbo want:

  • Want in → querer participar / querer formar parte
  • Want out → querer irse

Sinónimos de want en inglés

Dependiendo del contexto, puedes sustituir el verbo to want por uno de los siguientes verbos:

  • aspire → aspirar a
  • choose → elegir
  • crave → tener ansias de
  • demand → exigir, preguntar
  • desire → desear
  • long → desear
  • need → necesitar
  • prefer → preferir
  • require → requerir
  • wish → desear

Expresiones con want en inglés

  • freedom from want → libertad para vivir sin miseria
  • in sore want → necesitar algo urgentemente
  • the heart wants what it wants → el corazón quiere lo que quiere
  • want ad → pequeño anuncio
  • want list → lista de deseos
  • wanted dead or alive → se busca vivo o muerto
  • waste not, want not → sin despilfarro, no hay miseria

Al igual que to like y to live, el verbo to want es un verbo regular.


El verbo querer en inglés: conjugación, sinónimos y expresiones.

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