"no querer"

Question

"no querer"In the past tense also means " refuse to do something".

I have difficulty writing a meaningful sentence that makes sense .

Answer 1

"no querer"In the past tense also means " refuse to do something".

Sure, a sentence like "I did not want to do it" is completely different from "I refused to do it", right? There is a difference, but it is subtle, and in Spanish it is understood through context in some tenses, while it is expressed through tenses in others. "No querer" in the past means "Not wanting to do something", which is a way of refusing to do it.

You also have "rehusar", which is etymologically connected with "refuse".

Thanks for the response.The exercise where I have trouble asks to write a question and then an affirmative and negative response,so far only the affitmative is correct. - faliron, Apr 25, 2011

Answer 2

No quise comer las verduras. = I refused to eat the vegetables.

Ella no quiso escribir más. = She refused to write more.

Ellos no quisieron decir lo que estaban pensando. = They refused to say what they were thinking.

Answer 3

I believe there is a subtle difference between "refused" and "did not want".

To refuse is to not do it.

To not want to do it, could mean it gets done but grudgingly.

Answer 4

Mi hijo no quiso hacer nada de su tarea escrita para escuela.

My son refused to do any of his written homework for school.

para la escuela - lazarus1907, Apr 25, 2011