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Definition 2024

(transitive) want; desire (used to form polite requests, suggestions etc.)
Would you like tea, or coffee?
(intransitive, with a full infinitive) Used to form polite requests
I would like to go swimming tomorrow.

transitive

Arabic: وَدَّ ‎(wadda)
Armenian: ուզել (hy) ‎(uzel) (conditional forms), ցանկանալ (hy) ‎(cʿankanal) (conditional forms)
Bulgarian:
Burmese:
Catalan: Use the conditional of voler
Chinese:
Mandarin: 想 (zh) ‎(xiǎng), 想要 (zh) ‎(xiǎngyào), 願意 (zh), 愿意 (zh) ‎(yuànyì)
Czech: chtít (cs)
Dutch: willen (nl)
Finnish: conditional forms of haluta (fi)
French: voudrais (fr)
Georgian:
German: möchten (de)

Greek: θα ήθελα ‎(tha íthela)
Hindi:
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:
Lao:
Portuguese: gostaria
Romanian:
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: gustaría (es)
Thai: ต้องการ (th) ‎(dtông gaan)
Vietnamese:

intransitive

Arabic:
Armenian: ուզել (hy) ‎(uzel) (conditional forms), ցանկանալ (hy) ‎(cʿankanal) (conditional forms)
Bulgarian:
Catalan: Use the conditional of agradar
Chinese:
Mandarin: 想 (zh) ‎(xiǎng), 想要 (zh) ‎(xiǎngyào), 願意 (zh), 愿意 (zh) ‎(yuànyì)
Czech: chtít (cs)
Dutch: zouden graag willen
Finnish: conditional forms of haluta (fi)
French: aimerais bien
Georgian: სიამოვნებით ‎(siamovnebit)
German: möchten (de)

Hindi:
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:
Norwegian: vil gjerne
Portuguese: gostaria
Romanian:
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: Use the conditionsl of gustar, or the imperfect subjunctive of querer
Vietnamese: