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Can “veut” be used to mean anger or resent in this context?

En vouloir à quelqu’un means (definition B):

Éprouver de l’hostilité, du ressentiment, de la rancune à l’égard de quelqu’un.

That is:

To feel hostility, resentment, rancour towards someone.

So Amonbofis feels resentment towards Numérobis for being chosen in his place to construct Caesar’s palace.

Note that to make sure on which meaning to give it in the future, you should pay attention to en before the verb vouloir.

vouloir → to want, to desire
en vouloir à quelqu’un → to be angry at someone

But then again, “en vouloir” could also sometimes mean “to desire”, when en is a pronoun put in to point at something or someone already made mention of:

— Veux-tu des bonbons ? → Do you want candies?
— J’en veux ! → I do (want some)

Il faut faire la différence entre : “en vouloir à quelqu’un” qui veut dire qu’on éprouve du ressentiment contre cette personne et “en vouloir” et “en vouloir encore” … qui est une réponse à une proposition. “Tu veux des bonbons?” “Oui, j’en veux.” et après, si on nous en repropose …”oui, j’en veux encore”.

 

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