Used in the preterite negatively, querer is understood to mean that one not only didn't want to do something, but refused to. Here are some examples of querer in the imperfect and preterite tenses in affirmative and negative situations:
The Great Dane holds the record for the world's tallest dog,the Irish Wolfhound is a close second. The biggest dog on record was a Great Dane. It was 41 and a half inches high! The largest dog is the Irish wolfhound. The tallest recorded dog is a Great Dane called 'Giant George' grew to the height of 43 inches.
Gentle giant: Zeus held the Guinness World Record for world's tallest dog, standing 44 inches at the shoulder. He broke the previous record held by another Great Dane named Giant George, by one inch. Denise Doorlag says Zeus was so huge, small children thought that he was a horse.