Verbo want en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to want significa «querer» en español. Es un verbo regular que forma su pasado simple y participio pasado añadiendo -ed al infinitivo.
Conjugación de want en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | want |
| you | want |
| he/she/it | wants |
| we | want |
| they | want |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am wanting |
| you | are wanting |
| he/she/it | is wanting |
| we | are wanting |
| they | are wanting |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have wanted |
| you | have wanted |
| he/she/it | has wanted |
| we | have wanted |
| they | have wanted |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | wanted |
| you | wanted |
| he/she/it | wanted |
| we | wanted |
| they | wanted |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was wanting |
| you | were wanting |
| he/she/it | was wanting |
| we | were wanting |
| they | were wanting |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had wanted |
| you | had wanted |
| he/she/it | had wanted |
| we | had wanted |
| they | had wanted |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will want |
| you | will want |
| he/she/it | will want |
| we | will want |
| they | will want |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have wanted |
| you | will have wanted |
| he/she/it | will have wanted |
| we | will have wanted |
| they | will have wanted |
Conjugación de want en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would want |
| you | would want |
| he/she/it | would want |
| we | would want |
| they | would want |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have wanted |
| you | would have wanted |
| he/she/it | would have wanted |
| we | would have wanted |
| they | would have wanted |
Conjugación de want en imperativo
Conjugación de want en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | wanting |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | wanted |
Ejemplos
I want every day.
Yo quiero todos los días.
He wants regularly.
Él quiere regularmente.
We want together.
Nosotros queremos juntos.
I wanted yesterday.
Yo quise ayer.
I have wanted.
Yo he querido.
I will want tomorrow.
Yo querré mañana.
I am wanting right now.
Yo estoy queriendo ahora mismo.
I like to want.
Me gusta querer.
You should want more often.
Deberías querer más a menudo.
Can you want?
¿Puedes querer?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He want en vez de He wants
Correcto: He/She/It wants
En el present simple, la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it) siempre añade -s o -es al verbo. Es el error más frecuente entre hispanohablantes.
Pronunciar la -ed como sílaba separada en todos los casos
Correcto: La -ed solo se pronuncia como sílaba extra (/ɪd/) tras t o d. Tras consonante sorda suena /t/, tras sonora /d/.
En español todas las sílabas se pronuncian, pero en inglés -ed no siempre es una sílaba: walked = /wɔːkt/ (una sílaba), wanted = /ˈwɒntɪd/ (dos sílabas).
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You want? en vez de Do you want?
Correcto: Do you want? / Does he/she want?
En español, la pregunta se forma con la entonación. En inglés, el present simple y past simple necesitan el auxiliar do/does/did para preguntas y negaciones.
Confundir present simple con present continuous: I want vs I am wanting
Correcto: Hábito/general → I want | Ahora mismo → I am wanting
El present simple se usa para hábitos y verdades generales, mientras que el present continuous se usa para acciones en progreso. En español a menudo se usa el mismo tiempo para ambos.
Sinónimos
Comparación inglés / español
| Aspecto | Inglés | Español |
|---|---|---|
| Present simple | I want | yo quiero |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she wants | él/ella quiere |
| Present continuous | I am wanting | yo estoy queriendo |
| Past simple | I wanted | yo quise |
| Present perfect | I have wanted | yo he querido |
| Future simple | I will want | yo querré |
| Negative | I don't want | yo no quiero |
| Question | Do you want? | ¿tú quieres? |