Sentence examples of "quiso" in Spanish with translation "want"

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Tom no quiso estar involucrado. Tom didn't want to get involved.
Él siempre quiso estudiar japonés. He always wanted to study Japanese.
Su madre no quiso hacerlo. His mother didn't want to do it.
Tu padre nunca te quiso. Your father never wanted you.
Catherine quiso ir al centro comercial. Catherine wanted to go to the shopping center.
Nadie quiso hablar sobre el incidente. Nobody wanted to talk about the incident.
Mi mujer nunca quiso tener hijos. My wife never wanted to have kids.
Le di toda la comida que quiso. I gave him as much food as he wanted.
Tom no quiso romperle el corazón a Mary. Tom didn't want to break Mary's heart.
Ella no quiso que él dejara la habitación. She didn't want him to leave the room.
Tom no quiso hacer lo que sugirió Mary. Tom didn't want to do what Mary suggested.
Ella no quiso que se quedara más tiempo. She didn't want him to stay any longer.
Tom nunca quiso rendirse, pero él no tuvo alternativa. Tom never wanted to give up, but he had no choice.
El único lugar donde Tom siempre quiso vivir es Boston. The only place Tom has ever wanted to live is Boston.
Hubo muchas cosas que Tom quiso que Mary hiciera ese día. There were many things that Tom wanted Mary to do that day.
Él le preguntó a ella si quería quedarse, pero ella no quiso. He asked her to stay, but she didn't want to.
El periodista quiso escribir un artículo que llamaría la atención sobre el tema. The journalist wanted to write an article that would draw public attention to the issue.
Nadie sabe de dónde venían esos niños, pero nadie quiso recibirlos por miedo a su enfermedad. Nobody knew where those kids came from, but nobody wanted to receive them for fear of their disease.
Christine se quedó en la sombra todo el día, porque ella no quiso conseguir una quemadura de sol. Christine stayed in the shade all day, because she didn't want to get a sunburn.
No es lo que queremos. It's not what we want.
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