il n'a pas voulu

he didn't want to

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he didn't want to With an action verb, this usually means he refused or declined to do something.
FR: Il n'a pas voulu sortir ce soir.
EN: He didn't want to go out tonight.

Il n'a pas voulu me serrer la main.

He didn't want to shake my hand.

Il n'a pas voulu danser avec moi.

He didn't want to dance with me.

Après, une fois qu'il était mieux, il n'a pas voulu en parler.

Afterwards, once he was feeling better, he didn't want to talk about it.

— Anatomie d'une chute (2023)

Mais il n'a pas voulu.

But he didn't want to.

— Bad Genius (2017)

Il n'a pas voulu m'écouter.

He didn't want to listen to me.

— Le Garde du corps (1961)

Il n'a pas voulu dire ça.

He didn't mean that.

— Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

Il n'a pas voulu me le dire.

He didn't want to tell me.

Il n'a pas voulu dire où il allait.

He didn’t want to say where he was going.

— Starship Troopers (1997)

Je veux dire, il n'a pas voulu dire "mort".

I mean, he didn't mean “dead.”

— Princess Bride (1987)

Il n'a pas voulu le faire.

He didn't want to do it.

Il n'a pas voulu vendre l'ouvrage.

He didn't want to sell the book.

Il n'a pas voulu me parler.

He didn’t want to talk to me.

— Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (2014)

Il n'a pas voulu répondre en pleine nuit.

He didn't want to answer in the middle of the night.

— Psychose (1960)

Il n'a pas voulu en parler davantage.

He didn't want to talk about it any further.