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Quero reservar um quarto no hotel.

Quero reservar um quarto no hotel.
I want to reserve a room in the hotel.
From Lesson 46:The verb to want (querer)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Quero reservar um quarto no hotel.

Why isn't there a word for "to" between Quero and reservar?
In English, we say "want to reserve", but in Portuguese, the second verb goes straight into its basic dictionary form (the infinitive) right after a form of querer (to want). The "to" meaning is already built into the infinitive word reservar itself.
The translation says "I want", but where is the word for "I"?
In Portuguese, you don't usually need to say the subject pronoun (eu for "I") because the verb ending already tells you who is doing the action. Quero can only mean "I want", so adding eu is optional and usually dropped to sound more natural.
Why is it no hotel instead of "em o hotel"?
In Portuguese, the word em (in/on/at) must combine with the word for "the" if they appear together. When em meets the masculine singular word for "the" (o), they merge to form no. You will never see "em o" written as two separate words.
I thought quarto meant "fourth". Why does it mean "room" here?
Quarto is a word with multiple meanings. While it does mean "fourth" or "a quarter", it is also the standard Portuguese word for a bedroom or a hotel room. The context of the sentence makes it clear which meaning is intended here.

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