no quieren

they don't want

→ no

phrase Uncommon #9,319

they don't want A negative form of querer used with ellos, ellas, or ustedes to mean that they do not want something or do not want to do something.

SP: No quieren irse todavía.

EN: They don't want to leave yet.

No quieren hacerlo por las buenas, lo quieren por las malas.

They don't want to do it the easy way, they want to do it the hard way.

— El quinto elemento (1997)

Ellos no quieren apostar.

They don't want to bet.

— Funny Games (1997)

No quieren vivir solas.

They don't want to live alone.

Ahora no quieren.

Now they don't want to.

No quieren decir que aman a esos animales.

They don't want to say that they love those animals.

— P.K. (Peekay) (2014)

Son dueños de esta prisión, y no explota porque no quieren.

They own this prison, and it doesn't explode because they don't want it to.

— Carandiru (2003)

No quieren quedarse aquí.

They don't want to stay here.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Sé que Tom y Mary no quieren hacer eso.

I know Tom and Mary don't want to do that.

Algunos no quieren que te vayas.

Some people don’t want you to leave.

— El viento se levanta (2013)

Yanni y Skura no quieren hablar con Nuja.

Yanni and Skura don't want to talk to Nuja.

No quieren hacerlo ellos mismos.

They don't want to do it themselves.

Debido a la televisión, niños y niñas no quieren leer libros.

Because of television, boys and girls don't want to read books.

Pero algunos no quieren trabajar por ese privilegio.

But some don't want to work for that privilege.

— The Running Man (2025)

En realidad ustedes no quieren hablar de ello, ¿verdad?

Actually, you don't want to talk about it, do you?

Ellos no quieren a Tom de vuelta.

They don't want Tom back.

No quieren usar crédito.

They don't want to use credit.

Los niños no quieren dormir temprano.

The children don't want to go to bed early.

Y los propietarios no quieren verlo aquí.

And the owners don't want to see it here.

— Leviatán (2014)

Tom y Mary no quieren tener hijos.

Tom and Mary don't want to have children.

Si ustedes no quieren colaborar, elegiré a uno de ustedes.

If you don't want to cooperate, I'll choose one of you.

— Pixote, la ley del más débil (1980)

Los muertos no quieren morir hoy.

The dead do not want to die today.

— Los muertos no mueren (2019)

No quieren ir a Alemania.

They don't want to go to Germany.

Hemos perdido la casa y nuestros parientes no quieren vernos.

We've lost our house and our relatives don't want to see us.

— Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)

Ellos no quieren ayuda.

They don't want help.

No quieren vivir solos.

They don't want to live alone.

Es por eso que no quieren saber.

That’s why they don’t want to know.

— Genocidal Organ (2017)

Los de la aldea no quieren vernos por ahí.

The people in the village don't want to see us around.

— स्वदेस (2004)

Hoy los niños de tres años no quieren seguir creciendo.

Nowadays, three-year-olds do not want to keep growing.

— El tambor de hojalata (1979)

No quieren hablar conmigo.

They don't want to talk to me.

Todos los que trabajan aquí no quieren ir a una eternidad.

None of the people who work here want to go to eternity.

— Eternity (2025)

No quieren saber nada del disparo.

They don't want to know anything about the shooting.

— Impacto (1981)

Los niños no quieren acostarse temprano los viernes.

The children don't want to go to bed early on Fridays.

Ellos no quieren vivir juntos.

They don't want to live together.

A veces, si digo la verdad no quieren creerme, así que digo mentiras.

Sometimes, if I tell the truth, they don't want to believe me, so I tell lies.

— Los cuatrocientos golpes (1959)

Tom y Mary no quieren hablar con John.

Tom and Mary don't want to talk to John.

Los del turno de día no quieren cambiarlo.

The day shift workers don't want to change it.

— O Som ao Redor (2012)

Eso es lo que no quieren.

That is what they don't want.

— Devdas (2002)