wanted to know
Tom quería saber la hora.
Tom wanted to know the time.
That's what I wanted to know.
Quería saber dónde estaba la otra mitad del dinero.
I wanted to know where the other half of the money was.
I just wanted to know.
Tom quería saber cómo era.
Tom wanted to know what it was like.
No, es que yo quería saber algo de corazón, ¿sabes?
No, it's just that I wanted to know something from the heart, you know?
— Aquarius (2016)
That's what I wanted to know.
Quería saber a qué universidades iba a solicitar el ingreso.
I wanted to know which universities I was going to apply to.
— Running on Empty (1988)
Tom quería saber con quién había estado saliendo Mary.
Tom wanted to know who Mary had been dating.