ABSTRACT
To express desire, Portuguese normally uses the following verbs and expressions:
querer ‘to want’
gostaria de ‘would like’
estar com/ter vontade de ‘to feel like’
estar a fim de ‘to feel like’, ‘to be in the mood for’
desejar ‘to wish’
tomara (que …) ‘let’s hope so/(that …)’
quem (me) dera ‘if only’, ‘I wish’.
