ellos quisieran

(they) would like, (they) wanted

→ querer
quis want + ieran 3rd-person plural imperfect subjunctive
verb · third plural · imperfect subjunctive Rare #32,123
(they) would like, (they) wanted Imperfect subjunctive form of "querer" (used after certain expressions like "quería que...", "si...", etc.).
SP: Si quisieran venir, podrían quedarse a cenar.
EN: If they wanted to come, they could stay for dinner.
Conjugation of querer
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First quería queríamos
Second querías queríais
Third quería querían

Los hombres no verán las cosas tal como son sino como quisieran que fueran.

Men will not see things as they are, but as they would like them to be.

Y les dije que sí, que haría lo que quisieran.

And I told them yes, that I would do whatever they wanted.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Ya lo habrían hecho si quisieran.

They would have done it by now if they wanted to.

— Caza en la noche (2019)

Los demás podían ver el amanecer cuando quisieran.

The others could see the sunrise whenever they wanted.

— Buena suerte, pásalo bien, no mueras (2026)

No quisieran tomar cerveza casera?

Wouldn't you like to have some homemade beer?

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Algo que muchas modelos en el mundo quisieran.

Something many models around the world would love to have.

— Amores perros (2000)

Pensé que tal vez quisieran saber.

I thought they might want to know.

Quisieran más.

They would like more.

— American Splendor (2003)

No estoy seguro de que mis padres quisieran que te diera eso.

I'm not sure my parents would want me to give you that.