Queremos tener éxito.

Queremos is the we form of the verb querer, which means to want.

• quiero = I want
• quieres = you want
• quiere = he/she/it wants
• queremos = we want
• queréis = you all want (Spain)
• quieren = they/you all want

So Queremos tener éxito means we want to have success / we want to succeed.

In Spanish, the subject pronoun is often left out because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

Here, queremos clearly means we want, so nosotros is not necessary.

You could say:

• Nosotros queremos tener éxito

but it usually sounds more natural to omit nosotros unless you want extra emphasis or contrast.

After querer when you mean to want to do something, Spanish uses:

querer + infinitive

So:

• queremos + tener = we want to have

This is very common:

• Quiero comer = I want to eat
• Queremos aprender = We want to learn
• Quieren salir = They want to go out

So tener stays in the infinitive because it depends on queremos.

Spanish often expresses this idea with the phrase tener éxito, literally to have success.

So:

• tener éxito = to succeed / to be successful

This is a standard, natural expression in Spanish.

You may also see:

• queremos triunfar = we want to succeed

But tener éxito is very common and often sounds a bit broader, like to be successful in general.

In the expression tener éxito, Spanish normally does not use an article.

So you say:

• tener éxito = to succeed / to have success

not usually:

• tener un éxito in this meaning

If you say un éxito, it usually means a success as a noun in a more specific sense:

• La película fue un éxito = The film was a success

But after tener, the fixed expression is usually just tener éxito.

The accent mark shows where the stress goes: É-xi-to.

Without the accent, Spanish spelling rules would suggest a different stress pattern, so the accent is needed.

It also helps you pronounce it correctly:

• éxito → stress on the first syllable

A simple pronunciation guide is:

keh-REH-mohs teh-NEHR EK-see-toh

In much of Spain:

• q in que sounds like English k
• r in queremos is a light tap
• x in éxito sounds like ks

A more Spain-focused IPA pronunciation would be approximately:

/keˈɾemos teˈneɾ ˈeksito/

Yes, querer can mean to want or to love, depending on context.

Here it means to want because it is followed by an infinitive:

• querer + infinitive = to want to do something

Examples:

• Te quiero = I love you / I care about you
• Quiero descansar = I want to rest

So in Queremos tener éxito, the structure clearly gives the meaning we want to.

Yes. Depending on context, Queremos tener éxito can be understood as:

• We want to succeed
• We want to be successful

Literally it is We want to have success, but in natural English we usually say succeed or be successful.

The normal and most natural order is:

Queremos tener éxito

Spanish word order is fairly flexible, but with a simple sentence like this, changing the order would usually sound unnatural or very marked.

For example:

• Tener éxito queremos is possible only in a very emphatic or poetic context

So learners should stick with:

Queremos tener éxito

You only need to change the form of querer:

• Quiero tener éxito = I want to succeed
• Quieres tener éxito = You want to succeed
• Quiere tener éxito = He/She wants to succeed
• Queremos tener éxito = We want to succeed
• Queréis tener éxito = You all want to succeed (Spain)
• Quieren tener éxito = They/You all want to succeed

The phrase tener éxito stays the same.