Nós queremos celebrar o nosso sucesso.

We want to celebrate our success.

Breakdown of Nós queremos celebrar o nosso sucesso.

• querer: to want
• nós: we
• nosso: our
• o sucesso: the success

Questions & Answers about Nós queremos celebrar o nosso sucesso.

Do I need to say “Nós”, or can I just say “Queremos celebrar o nosso sucesso”?

You don’t need “Nós” here.
In European Portuguese, the subject pronoun is usually dropped because the verb ending -mos already shows that the subject is “we”.

• Natural options:
  • Queremos celebrar o nosso sucesso. ✅ (very normal, maybe even more common)
  • Nós queremos celebrar o nosso sucesso. ✅ (also correct; can add emphasis on we as opposed to others)

So both are correct; omitting “Nós” is often more idiomatic in everyday speech.

Why is it “queremos celebrar” and not something like “queremos de celebrar” or “queremos a celebrar”?

In Portuguese, “querer” (to want) is followed directly by an infinitive verb, without any preposition:

• Quero comer. – I want to eat.
• Queremos celebrar. – We want to celebrate.

You do not say:

• ✗ queremos de celebrar
• ✗ queremos a celebrar

Those are incorrect. Just querer + infinitive.

What exactly is the verb form “queremos”? How is it conjugated?