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volere

to want

verb voh-LEH-reh Common
Mind & Emotions Attitudes

Also means

to wish

Usage Note

Volere is one of Italian's modal verbs and is highly irregular: voglio, vuoi, vuole, vogliamo, volete, vogliono. It takes avere as auxiliary in compound tenses when used alone, but inherits the auxiliary of the following infinitive (sono voluto andare vs ho voluto mangiare). The expression voler bene means 'to love' in a warm, non-romantic sense.

Examples

"Voglio imparare l'italiano."

Natural Translation

I want to learn Italian.

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