English
Verb
would like
- To want; to desire (used to form polite requests, suggestions etc.)
Would you like some tea?... I asked if you’d like to have some tea.
How would you like to go to the cinema?
What about going for a run? ~I'd like to.
- Used to politely express a want or desire [with infinitive].
I would like to congratulate you on your results.
If you'd like to come this way, I'll show you the house.
Usage notes
- See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Translations
transitive
- Arabic: وَدَّ (wadda)
- Armenian: ուզել (hy) (uzel) (conditional forms), ցանկանալ (hy) (cʻankanal) (conditional forms)
- Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
- Burmese: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: Use the conditional of voler
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 想 (zh) (xiǎng), 想要 (zh) (xiǎngyào), 願意 / 愿意 (zh) (yuànyì)
- Czech: chtít (cs)
- Dutch: willen (nl), zin hebben in
- Esperanto: voli (eo)
- Finnish: conditional forms of haluta
- French: Use the conditional of vouloir or aimer
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: möchte (de), hätte gern (de)
- Greek: θα ήθελα (tha íthela)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: kér (hu), szeretne (hu)
- Icelandic: ætla að fá (polite requests), langa í
- Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
- Irish: ba mhaith le
- Italian: Use the conditional of volere
- Japanese: (the exact form depends on the situation, e.g. "何になさいますか。" (nani ni nasaimasu ka?) "What would you like to have?")
- Khmer: ចង់ (km) (cɑŋ)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Northern Sami: sihtat
- Polish: chcieć (pl) impf (politeness is expressed by conditional forms)
- Portuguese: gostaria (pt)
- Romanian: avea vrea (with the conditional conjugation)
- Russian: хоте́ть (ru) impf (xotétʹ) (politeness is expressed by adding бы (by) to the past tense forms, e.g. "я хоте́л(а) бы" - "I'd like" (m/f)), жела́ть (ru) impf (želátʹ)
- Sassarese: vuré (in the conditional mood)
- Spanish: me gustaría, querría (es), quisiera (es), quisiese (es), voy a tomar, me ponés, para mí, un ___, por favor, me apetece, apetezco (es), me regalás (Colombia)
- Swedish: skulle vilja ha
- Thai: ต้องการ (th) (dtɔ̂ng-gaan)
- Vietnamese: muốn (vi)
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intransitive
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: ուզել (hy) (uzel) (conditional forms), ցանկանալ (hy) (cʻankanal) (conditional forms)
- Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: Use the conditional of agradar
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 想 (zh) (xiǎng), 想要 (zh) (xiǎngyào), 願意 / 愿意 (zh) (yuànyì)
- Czech: chtít (cs)
- Dutch: zou willen, zin hebben om te
- Finnish: conditional forms of haluta
- French: aimerais (fr), aimerais bien
- Georgian: სიამოვნებით (siamovnebit)
- German: möchte (de), würde gern (de)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: szeretne (hu)
- Icelandic: langa (is), ætla (is)
- Irish: ba mhaith le
- Italian: Use the conditional of volere
- Japanese: 欲しい (ja) (ほしい, hoshii), ...たい (ja) (...tai) (-i verb base + -tai, 1st person only) (the exact form depends on the situation)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: vil gjerne
- Portuguese: gostaria (pt)
- Romanian: avea vrea (with the conditional conjugation)
- Russian: хоте́ть (ru) impf (xotétʹ) (politeness is expressed by adding бы (by) to the past tense forms, e.g. "я хоте́л(а) бы" - "I'd like" (m/f)), жела́ть (ru) impf (želátʹ)
- Spanish: me gustaría, quisiera (es), quisiese (es), querría (es)
- Swedish: skulle vilja
- Ukrainian: бажа́ти (uk) (bažáty)
- Vietnamese: muốn (vi)
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