él quiso

wanted

ˈk i s o → querer
quis want + o he/she/it past tense
verb · third singular · past indicative Common #4,211
wanted Simple past (pretérito) form of "querer".
SP: Quiso llamarte anoche, pero se quedó sin batería.
EN: He/she wanted to call you last night, but his/her phone ran out of battery.
Conjugation of querer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First quise quisimos
Second quisiste —
Third quiso quisieron

Él nos quiso a todos.

He loved us all.

Quiso pelear conmigo.

He wanted to fight me.

— 28 años después: El templo de los huesos (2026)

Mary quiso preguntar algo pero no lo hizo.

Mary wanted to ask something, but she didn't.

Su impotencia llevó a Anand Sir al único lugar al que nunca quiso ir.

His helplessness led Anand Sir to the only place he never wanted to go.

— Super 30 (2019)

Lucrecia ayudó porque quiso.

Lucrecia helped because she wanted to.

Creo que Tom quiso mi ayuda.

I think Tom wanted my help.

Y todo por un padre que jamás los quiso.

And all because of a father who never loved them.

— Los hermanos demolición (2026)

El gobierno quiso darle la casa a los pobres.

The government wanted to give the house to the poor.

— ¡Vivir! (1994)

Ha tenido todo el tiempo que quiso, esta noche vamos a decidir.

He's had all the time he wanted, tonight we're going to decide.

— Fellini, ocho y medio (1963)

Catherine quiso ir al centro comercial.

Catherine wanted to go to the mall.

Alguien quiso mataros.

Someone wanted to kill you.

Nadie quiso ayudarnos.

Nobody wanted to help us.

Ella quiso ser cantante.

She wanted to be a singer.

Amar a alguien es ver a esa persona como Dios quiso que fuera.

To love someone is to see that person as God intended them to be.

A mí que me cuentas, fuiste tú el que quiso hacerlo.

Don't tell me about it; you were the one who wanted to do it.

— Un profeta (2009)

Tom quiso que yo mintiera.

Tom wanted me to lie.

Tom en realidad nunca quiso convertirse en músico profesional.

Tom never actually wanted to become a professional musician.

Quiso ser cura pero lo expulsaron por ser maricón.

He wanted to be a priest but was expelled for being gay.

Nunca te quiso.

They never loved you.

— El club de la lucha (1999)

Pues mi marido quiso casarse en seguida.

Well, my husband wanted to get married right away.

— Quieto, muere, resucita (1990)

Jesús quiso que yo ganara esa camioneta.

Jesus wanted me to win that truck.

Me hizo todo Io que quiso.

He did whatever he wanted to me.

— El conformista (1971)

Tom nunca quiso divorciarse.

Tom never wanted a divorce.

Cuando dije que el avión no era seguro, nadie me quiso oír.

When I said the plane wasn’t safe, no one wanted to listen to me.

El Führer quiso ayudarme a marcharme.

The Führer wanted to help me leave.

— El hundimiento (2004)

Nadie quiso ir con Tom.

Nobody wanted to go with Tom.

Tom quiso apretar el gatillo, pero no pudo.

Tom wanted to pull the trigger, but he couldn't.

Tom quiso ir a Australia.

Tom wanted to go to Australia.

Mary ayudó porque quiso.

Mary helped because she wanted to.

El enano quiso morirse al darse cuenta de que era él reflejado en un espejo.

The dwarf wanted to die when he realized he was looking at his own reflection in a mirror.

— Tesis (1996)

Tu querías irte en metro, y él quiso llevarte.

You wanted to go by subway, and he wanted to take you.

El destino quiso que alguien como yo sea político.

Fate willed that someone like me become a politician.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

Tom quiso una bicicleta.

Tom wanted a bicycle.

Quiso negociar la vida de su hijo en nuestra frente.

He wanted to bargain for his son's life right in front of us.

— Tropa de élite 2 (2010)

Mary quiso hacer una pregunta pero no la hizo.

Mary wanted to ask a question, but she didn't.

Nunca lo quiso.

He/She never loved him/her.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Le di toda la comida que quiso.

I gave him all the food he wanted.

El mago quiso apoderarse de ella.

The magician wanted to take possession of her.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Él le preguntó a ella si quería quedarse, pero ella no quiso.

He asked her if she wanted to stay, but she didn’t.

Cuando me hice amigo de ella, no sabía que solo quiso mi dinero.

When I became friends with her, I didn’t know she only wanted my money.

A tu mamá le diste todo lo que quiso y a mi mamá la dejaste sin nada.

You gave your mom everything she wanted, and you left my mom with nothing.

Alguien quiso matarle a usted.

Someone tried to kill you.

Pero no lo quiso.

But he didn't want to.

— Chicago (2002)

Nadie quiso adoptar a Tom.

Nobody wanted to adopt Tom.

Él quiso.

He wanted to.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

Nadie quiso venir.

Nobody wanted to come.

Ella quiso pasar un momento para saludar.

She wanted to stop by for a moment to say hello.

— El hombre de la Tierra (2007)

Ella me quiso, pero yo estaba esperándote.

She loved me, but I was waiting for you.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Tom quiso mandar un mensaje.

Tom wanted to send a message.

Tom ni siquiera lo quiso.

Tom didn't even want it.

Quiso decidir la vida de su hijo él solo.

He wanted to decide his son's life on his own.

— Tropa de élite 2 (2010)

Quiso presumir su astucia en la lección, pero fracasó.

He wanted to show off his cleverness in the lesson, but he failed.

Tom le pidió a Mary que se quede, pero ella no quiso.

Tom asked Mary to stay, but she didn’t want to.

Mary quiso ser enfermera.

Mary wanted to be a nurse.

Yo quería ver la novela, pero él quiso ver fútbol.

I wanted to watch the soap opera, but he wanted to watch football.

Tom me dijo que nunca quiso trabajar para su padre.

Tom told me that he never wanted to work for his father.

Era un ángel malvado pasando, que quiso tocarme simplemente.

It was an evil angel passing by, who simply wanted to touch me.

— Sacrificio (1986)

Mi mujer nunca quiso tener hijos.

My wife never wanted to have children.

No me diga que usted quiso venir a este lugar miserable.

Don't tell me you wanted to come to this miserable place.

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

Tu padre nunca te quiso.

Your father never loved you.

Hubo muchas cosas que Tom quiso que Mary hiciera ese día.

There were many things Tom wanted Mary to do that day.

Pero él así lo quiso.

But that's what he wanted.

Alguien quiso matarte.

Someone wanted to kill you.

Bien, Roberts se hizo tan rico que quiso retirarse.

Well, Roberts became so rich that he wanted to retire.

— La princesa prometida (1987)

Nadie quiso hablar sobre el incidente.

Nobody wanted to talk about the incident.

Tom lo quiso.

Tom wanted it.

Tom quiso decirle a Mary acerca de la fiesta.

Tom wanted to tell Mary about the party.

Mi padre quiso defender la virtud de mi madre.

My father wanted to defend my mother's virtue.

— Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

Tom quiso quedarse en casa.

Tom wanted to stay home.

Quiso llamar la atención sobre sí mismo todo el tiempo.

He wanted to draw attention to himself all the time.

Ese taxista me quiso currar.

That taxi driver tried to rip me off.

Tom nunca quiso rendirse, pero él no tuvo alternativa.

Tom never wanted to give up, but he had no alternative.

Nadie quiso acercarse porque era algo aterrador.

Nobody wanted to go near it because it was terrifying.

— El chico y la garza (2023)

Él quiso huir, en cuanto me vio.

He wanted to run away as soon as he saw me.

— Solaris (1972)

La quiso y la tenemos.

She wanted it, and we have it.

— La noche americana (1973)

Nadie quiso reconocer el error.

Nobody wanted to admit the mistake.

Tom quiso darle otra chance a Mary.

Tom wanted to give Mary another chance.

Tom quiso llamar a Mary.

Tom wanted to call Mary.

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