"querer decir" meaning in Spanish

See querer decir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: quiero decir [first-person, present, singular], quise decir [first-person, preterite, singular], querido decir [participle, past]
Head templates: {{es-verb}} querer decir (first-person singular present quiero decir, first-person singular preterite quise decir, past participle querido decir)
  1. (idiomatic) to mean, to get at, to be getting at (in the sense of the want to convey something) Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: quiero decir
    Sense id: en-querer_decir-es-verb-9yALfuXA Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

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    {
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          "english": "(literally, “What do you want to say?”)",
          "roman": "What do you mean?",
          "text": "¿Qué quieres decir?",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Do you see what I'm getting at?",
          "text": "¿Entiendes lo que quiero decir?",
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        }
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        "(idiomatic) to mean, to get at, to be getting at (in the sense of the want to convey something)"
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