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- "Eu quero você."
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Hahaha :-D Just thought: Ooops, where am I? Is this the flirting-section of the Portuguese language? No, it's definitely not. It seems like a freebie-lesson in flirting. I actually don't need it right now, but who knows, how life turns out? ;-)
Just searched for it, it should be something like: "Não estou preparada para ter um compromisso" or "Eu não estou pronto para compromisso". Have found it on dictionary.reverso.net. I'm just in the beginning, so I can't say, if that's right or not :-)
I answered "I like you" and Duo said the correct answer was "I'd like you". What's up with that?
I think that it's just using "would like" as a synonym for "want". (According to other commenters, this is not like in Spanish, and "like" is not correct.)
Because "i want something" and "i would like something" both suggests you want to have it for yourself. "I like something" without the 'would' just suggests you like it, but dont necessarily want it. "I like sunsets", you don't want to keep the sunset.
My only guess is that "I'd like you" is just plain wrong. From what I know that would be "queria voce" (polite form) or "quereria voce." However, I'm not sure that "like" is a valid translation here, either. I have seen some sources that claim "querer" can mean like or love, but I have seen more sources that do not list anything other than desire or preference as definitions. Instead only "gostar de" is used for "like."
In portuguese it doesn't mean I love you.
But without a context, it's indeed a very straightforward way to show desire. (Which can carry love along....or not)
According to infopédia, among other meanings "querer" does have a meaning of to be fond of, to feel affection or tenderness, to like (meaning #5/10) http://www.infopedia.pt/lingua-portuguesa/querer
I don't understand when the "de" is needed. Why is it "Eu quero voce" and "Eu gusto de voce"? The sentences are almost identical, and means almost the same, but the gusto wants a "de". Why?
There is no logical explanation.
The motive is the same as in English some verbs use prepositions and others don't.
You hear something, but you listen TO something.
Well, you just saw the examples, because "gostar" is always accompanied by "de", and "querer" is alone, that's it.
It's because the verb "Gostar" always must be with the preposition "de"
except that they're not the same. You wouldn't say "I want you" in the same context or rather synonymously with "I like you". Plus it's gosto, not gusto
Not really It just one way to show your intentions with the girl or boy.
In Spanish it doesn't ("te quiero"), so I guess it's the same in Portuguese. It is something between "I am fond of/care about you" and "I love you".
I'm not so sure. While Ibero-Romance (Sp., Pt.) is definitely related, they do not overlap 100%. If there is someone who can speak for Portuguese specifically, please reply.
In Spanish (at least in Mexico), "te quiero" can definitely be used to express both "I am fond of you" and "I love you", whilst "me gustas" is a way to say that you find the person attractive. Although several of you have discussed these phrases already, there does not seem to be any consistency or a clear conclusion to how these phrases (Eu gosto de você/Eu quero você) translates into Spanish, nor English. Anyone here who can confidently eliminate my confusion?
I don't know in Spanish, but in English it means only I want you, not I love you nor I like you. It would go perfectly fine to say that to your friend when you are choosing your team mates for the match. Obviously, if you say that without any other context, people will think you want something sexual/romantic with them.
