vouloir
Meanings
Verb
1. to want, wish, desire (transitive)
2. to expect; to think; forms rhetorical questions, perhaps better translated to English by rephrasing with would or should
3. to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem (reflexive)
4. to please do something (imperative, formal)
Examples15038
Qu'est-ce que vous voulez que j'en sache?
How should I know?
Je veux voir le soleil.
I want to see the sun.
Hitler voulait la guerre, mais beaucoup n'en étaient pas conscients.
Hitler wanted war, but many were not aware of it.
Je voudrais être à Paris.
I wish I were in Paris.
Je voudrais une Toyota.
I'd like a Toyota.
Je veux être un omniglotte.
I want to be an omniglot.