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¿Adónde quiere llegar con eso?

What are you getting at?

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Why every word is where it is

¿Adónde1adverbwhere (to)quiereverbwants; (querer decir) meansquerer · present · 3rd sing.llegar2verbarrive; (querer llegar) be getting atinfinitiveconprepositionwithesopronounthatese · sing.?

quiere → llegar: querer + infinitive

Word for word: “Where do you want to arrive with that?”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
adónde carries an accent in questions (also written a dónde). Questions and negation →
2
querer llegar (a algo) = to be getting at something: figurative.