when to use on veut vs nous voulons?

Laura
Kwiziq language super star
18/12/15
Bonjour Alexandra,
Nous voulons is the normal way to say "we want" in French. On veut is informal. Note that on veut can also mean "you" and "people in general": https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/my-languages/french/view/703
Susan
Kwiziq community member
7/10/16
but doesn't on also mean we ?
Mai
Kwiziq community member
9/01/17
Yes and as Laura mentioned, it's "informal". So if you're with your friends, you can use "on" instead of "nous".
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Alexandra
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18 December 2015
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when to use on veut vs nous voulons?
This question relates to:
French lesson "Conjugate vouloir in Le Présent (present tense)"