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싶었지만

wanted to ..., but

→ 싶다
싶 want to + 었 Past tense + 지만 Although; but
auxiliary · past tense Rare #27,962
wanted to ..., but Follows a verb in the -고 싶다 construction.
KO: 집에 가고 싶었지만 일이 많았어요.
EN: I wanted to go home, but I had a lot of work.
Conjugation of 싶다

수없이 물어보고 싶었지만 야, 풍운호!

I wanted to ask you so many times, but hey, Pung Un-ho!

— 20th Century Girl (2022)

사람들 에게 내가 본 걸 말해 주고 싶었지만 그럴 수 없었다.

I wanted to tell people what I had seen, but I couldn't.

그녀를 죽이고 싶었지만 쉬운 일은 아니었소

I wanted to kill her, but it wasn't easy.

— 레베카 (1940)