want
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The meaning (definition) of the word want
to wish you could have or do something
The word want used in a sentence
“We want warm soup after playing outside in the snow.”
How the word want is said around the world
| French | vouloir (voo-LWAHR) |
| Spanish | querer (keh-REHR) |
| Mandarin | 想要 (shyahng yaow) |
| Hindi | चाहना (CHAH-nah) |
| Arabic | يُرِيدُ (yuu-REE-duu) |
| Russian | хотеть (khuh-TYET) |
| Portuguese (EU) | querer (kuh-RAYR) |
| Portuguese (BR) | querer (keh-REHR) |
| Japanese | ほしい (hoh-SHEE) |
| German | wollen (VOL-en) |
| Urdu | چاہنا (CHAH-na) |
| Punjabi | ਚਾਹੁਣਾ (CHAH-huu-nah) |
| Korean | 원하다 (WUHN-hah-dah) |
| Hebrew | לִרְצוֹת (leer-TSOHT) |
| Greek | θέλω (THEH-loh) |
| Dutch | willen (VIL-uhn) |
| Tagalog | gusto (GOOS-toh) |
| Vietnamese | muốn (MOOHN) |
| Turkish | istemek (ees-teh-MEK) |
| Persian | خواستن (khahs-TAN) |
| Polish | chcieć (khchyetch) |
| Ukrainian | хотіти (khoh-TEE-tih) |
| Bengali | চাওয়া (CHAH-oh-a) |
| Swedish | vilja (VILL-yah) |
| Italian | volere (voh-LAY-ray) |
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