verb/keˌɾeɾ deˈθiɾ/
to mean, to get at, to be getting at (in the sense of the want to convey something)
“¿Qué quieres decir?” — What do you mean?
Related: quiero decir
Literally, “to want to say”. Compare many similar constructions in Romance languages such as Portuguese querer dizer, Galician querer dicir, French vouloir dire, Italian volere dire, Catalan voler dir, as well as Dutch willen zeggen.