Usage examples of "querían" in Spanish with translation to English

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Todos querían que lo hiciera. Everybody wanted me to do it.
Querían casarse tan pronto como posible. They wanted to get married as soon as they could.
Tom y Mary querían ser astronautas. Tom and Mary both wanted to be astronauts.
Miles de personas querían saber la respuesta. Thousands of people wanted to know the answer.
Ellos realmente querían saber que había pasado. They really wanted to know what happened.
Se negó a hacer lo que ellos querían. She refused to do what they wanted.
Asumo que era todo lo que querían decir. I assume that it was all they wanted to say.
Lo que ellas querían era un hombre como él. What they wanted was a man like himself.
Querían que Hawái fuera parte de los Estados Unidos. They wanted Hawaii to be part of the United States.
Ella decidió casarse con él, aunque sus padres no querían. She decided to marry him even though her parents didn't want her to.
Tom agregó su nombre a la lista de personas que querían asistir al baile. Tom added his name to the list of people who wanted to attend the dance.
Todos los que iban en el coche dijeron que querían salir y estirar las piernas. Everybody in the car said they wanted to get out and stretch their legs.
Los amigos de Sadako querían construir un monumento para ella y todos los niños que murieron por la bomba atómica. Sadako's friends wanted to build a monument to her and all children who were killed by the atomic bomb.
Estoy convencido de que hoy la mayoría de los estadounidenses quieren lo que querían aquellos primeros estadounidenses: una vida mejor para ellos mismos y para sus hijos, un mínimo de autoridad gubernamental. I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children; a minimum of government authority.
No es lo que queremos. It's not what we want.
Queremos subir a esa montaña. We'd like to climb that mountain.
Como te puedo querer tanto? How can I love you so much?
Puede elegir lo que quiera. You may choose whichever you want.
Quiero un masaje. Necesito relajarme. I want a massage. I need to relax.
Quiero cenar en un restaurante. I wanna have dinner in a restaurant.
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