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él quiso

wanted

ˈk i s o → querer
quis want + o 3rd-person singular preterite
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Common #5,088
wanted This is the past form of «querer»; it can mean “tried to” when followed by an infinitive.
SP: Quiso comprar pan.
EN: He wanted to buy bread.
Conjugation of querer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First quise quisimos
Second quisiste —
Third quiso quisieron

Tom quiso apretar el gatillo, pero no pudo.

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

Tom nunca quiso rendirse, pero él no tuvo alternativa.

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

Ella quiso pasar un momento para saludar.

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

— El hombre de la tierra (2007)

Estoy por decir que nunca quiso a ninguna mujer como a esa.

I was about to say he’d never loved any woman the way he loved her.

— Pedro Páramo (2024)

Pero ella no quiso, no podía.

But she didn’t want to; she couldn’t.

— Elena sabe (2023)

Nadie quiso acercarse porque era algo aterrador.

Nobody wanted to go near it because it was terrifying.

— El niño y la garza (2023)

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.

¿Pero es verdad que él quiso ir a Alemania?

But is it true that he wanted to go to Germany?

Tom me dijo que nunca quiso trabajar para su padre.

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

Tom quiso que yo mintiera.

Tom wanted me to lie.

¡Ella quiso saber si lo que yo descubrí era real!

She wanted to know if what I discovered was real!

Mary quiso hacer una pregunta pero no la hizo.

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

Tu padre nunca te quiso.

Your father never loved you.

Tom quiso ir a Australia.

Tom wanted to go to Australia.

Le di toda la comida que quiso.

I gave him all the food he wanted.

Tu querías irte en metro, y él quiso llevarte.

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

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

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

Nadie quiso reconocer el error.

Nobody wanted to admit the mistake.

Quiso presumir su astucia en la lección, pero fracasó.

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

Tom quiso darle otra chance a Mary.

Tom wanted to give Mary another chance.

¿No quiso venir hoy?

Didn't he want to come today?

— Aún estoy aquí (2024)

Catherine quiso ir al centro comercial.

Catherine wanted to go to the mall.

Nadie quiso adoptar a Tom.

Nobody wanted to adopt Tom.

Él quiso huir, en cuanto me vio.

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

— Solaris (1972)

Pero él así lo quiso.

But that's what he wanted.

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

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

Quiso llamar la atención sobre sí mismo todo el tiempo.

He wanted to draw attention to himself all the time.

Pues mi marido quiso casarse en seguida.

Well, my husband wanted to get married right away.

— Замри-умри-воскресни! (1990)

Tom lo quiso.

Tom wanted it.

Tom quiso quedarse en casa.

Tom wanted to stay home.

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)

Era un ángel malvado pasando, que quiso tocarme simplemente.

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

— El sacrificio (1986)

El destino quiso que alguien como yo sea político.

Fate willed that someone like me become a politician.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

¿Qué quiso Tomás comer?

What did Tomás want to eat?

Mary quiso ser enfermera.

Mary wanted to be a nurse.

El Führer quiso ayudarme a marcharme.

The Führer wanted to help me leave.

— La Caída (2004)

Y todo por un padre que jamás los quiso.

And all because of a father who never loved them.

— Equipo Demolición (2026)

Ella me quiso, pero yo estaba esperándote.

She loved me, but I was waiting for you.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

¿Mary de verdad me quiso?

Did Mary really love me?

Nunca te quiso.

They never loved you.

— El Club de la Pelea (1999)

Tom quiso llamar a Mary.

Tom wanted to call Mary.

¿Quizás, no lo quiso él?

Maybe he didn't want to?

— მონანიება (1987)

¿Eres tú la persona que quiso esto?

Are you the person who wanted this?

¿Por qué quiso enseñar aquí?

Why did he want to teach here?

— Tres son multitud (1998)

Nadie quiso venir.

Nobody wanted to come.

Tom ni siquiera lo quiso.

Tom didn't even want it.

Alguien quiso matarte.

Someone wanted to kill you.

Quiso ser cura pero lo expulsaron por ser maricón.

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

Creo que Tom quiso mi ayuda.

I think Tom wanted my help.

El gobierno quiso darle la casa a los pobres.

The government wanted to give the house to the poor.

— 活着 (1994)

La quiso y la tenemos.

She wanted it, and we have it.

— La Nuit américaine (1973)

Nadie quiso hablar sobre el incidente.

Nobody wanted to talk about the incident.

Él quiso.

He wanted to.

— El Campo de los Sueños (1989)

Mi padre quiso defender la virtud de mi madre.

My father wanted to defend my mother's virtue.

— Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

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.

Lucrecia ayudó porque quiso.

Lucrecia helped because she wanted to.

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)

El mago quiso apoderarse de ella.

The magician wanted to take possession of her.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Tom quiso una bicicleta.

Tom wanted a bicycle.

¿Nunca quiso ver más allá de las nubes y las estrellas?

Did you never want to see beyond the clouds and the stars?

— El espíritu de la colmena (1973)

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)

Nunca lo quiso.

He/She never loved him/her.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Tom en realidad nunca quiso convertirse en músico profesional.

Tom never actually wanted to become a professional musician.

Mary ayudó porque quiso.

Mary helped because she wanted to.

Bien, Roberts se hizo tan rico que quiso retirarse.

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

— La Princesa Prometida (1987)

Tom quiso mandar un mensaje.

Tom wanted to send a message.

Él nos quiso a todos.

He loved us all.

Mi mujer nunca quiso tener hijos.

My wife never wanted to have children.

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

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

¿Y tu papá nunca quiso aparecer?

And your dad never wanted to show up?

— Estación central (1998)

Jesús quiso que yo ganara esa camioneta.

Jesus wanted me to win that truck.

Pero no lo quiso.

But he didn't want to.

— Chicago (2002)

Tom quiso decirle a Mary acerca de la fiesta.

Tom wanted to tell Mary about the party.

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.

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.

— Súper 30 (2019)

Nadie quiso ir con Tom.

Nobody wanted to go with Tom.

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.

— 8½ (1963)

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.

Quiso pelear conmigo.

He wanted to fight me.

— Exterminio: El templo de huesos (2026)

Sounds similar to

caso ˈk a s o queso ˈk e s o piso ˈp i s o quise ˈk i s e quito ˈk i t o guiso ˈɡ i s o kilo ˈk i l o liso ˈl i s o