diff --git a/packages/rdx-criteria/src/__tests__/build-boolean-full-text-query.test.ts b/packages/rdx-criteria/src/__tests__/build-boolean-full-text-query.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be808bd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rdx-criteria/src/__tests__/build-boolean-full-text-query.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+
+import { buildBooleanFullTextQuery } from "../build-boolean-full-text-query";
+
+describe("buildBooleanFullTextQuery", () => {
+  test.each([
+    ["pr", "+pr*"],
+    ["pr-", "+pr*"],
+    ["-pr", "+pr*"],
+    ["cliente prueba", "+cliente* +prueba*"],
+    ["cliente-prueba", "+cliente* +prueba*"],
+    ["José Pérez", "+José* +Pérez*"],
+    ["++ -- **", ""],
+    ["", ""],
+    ["   ", ""],
+    ['+ - > < ( ) ~ * " @', ""],
+  ])("normalizes %p into %p", (input, expected) => {
+    expect(buildBooleanFullTextQuery(input)).toBe(expected);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/rdx-criteria/src/__tests__/criteria-to-sequelize-converter.test.ts b/packages/rdx-criteria/src/__tests__/criteria-to-sequelize-converter.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..536a848d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rdx-criteria/src/__tests__/criteria-to-sequelize-converter.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { Op, type Sequelize } from "sequelize";
+
+import { Criteria } from "../critera";
+import { CriteriaToSequelizeConverter } from "../criteria-to-sequelize-converter";
+
+const createDatabaseStub = () =>
+  ({
+    escape: (value: string) => `'${value.replaceAll("'", "''")}'`,
+  }) as Sequelize;
+
+describe("CriteriaToSequelizeConverter quick search", () => {
+  test("builds a full-text filter and score for free text search", () => {
+    const converter = new CriteriaToSequelizeConverter();
+    const criteria = Criteria.fromPrimitives([], "name", "asc", 10, 0, "pr-");
+
+    const options = converter.convert(criteria, {
+      searchableFields: ["name", "trade_name"],
+      sortableFields: ["name"],
+      enableFullText: true,
+      database: createDatabaseStub(),
+      strictMode: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(options.attributes).toEqual({
+      include: [[expect.objectContaining({ val: expect.stringContaining("'+pr*'") }), "score"]],
+    });
+    expect(options.order).toEqual([
+      [expect.objectContaining({ val: "score" }), "DESC"],
+      ["name", "ASC"],
+    ]);
+    expect(options.where).toEqual({
+      [Op.and]: expect.any(Array),
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("omits MATCH, score and score ordering when the normalized search is empty", () => {
+    const converter = new CriteriaToSequelizeConverter();
+    const criteria = Criteria.fromPrimitives([], "name", "asc", 10, 0, "++ -- **");
+
+    const options = converter.convert(criteria, {
+      searchableFields: ["name", "trade_name"],
+      sortableFields: ["name"],
+      enableFullText: true,
+      database: createDatabaseStub(),
+      strictMode: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(options.attributes).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(options.order).toEqual([["name", "ASC"]]);
+    expect(options.where).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/rdx-criteria/src/build-boolean-full-text-query.ts b/packages/rdx-criteria/src/build-boolean-full-text-query.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..921f9ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rdx-criteria/src/build-boolean-full-text-query.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const FULL_TEXT_TOKEN_PATTERN = /[\p{L}\p{N}]+/gu;
+
+export function buildBooleanFullTextQuery(search: string): string {
+  if (!search) return "";
+
+  const terms = search.normalize("NFKC").match(FULL_TEXT_TOKEN_PATTERN) ?? [];
+
+  return terms.map((term) => `+${term}*`).join(" ");
+}
diff --git a/packages/rdx-criteria/src/criteria-to-sequelize-converter.ts b/packages/rdx-criteria/src/criteria-to-sequelize-converter.ts
index f5ebf263..47b2d62d 100644
--- a/packages/rdx-criteria/src/criteria-to-sequelize-converter.ts
+++ b/packages/rdx-criteria/src/criteria-to-sequelize-converter.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type {
   CriteriaMappings,
   ICriteriaToOrmConverter,
 } from "./types.js";
+import { buildBooleanFullTextQuery } from "./build-boolean-full-text-query.js";
 import { appendOrder, normalizeOrder, prependOrder } from "./utils";
 
 /**
@@ -66,11 +67,8 @@ export class CriteriaToSequelizeConverter implements ICriteriaToOrmConverter {
       return;
     }
 
-    const booleanTerm = term
-      .split(/\s+/)
-      .filter(Boolean)
-      .map((word) => `+${word}*`)
-      .join(" ");
+    const booleanTerm = buildBooleanFullTextQuery(term);
+    if (!booleanTerm) return;
 
     const qualifiedFields = searchableFields.map((field) =>
       this.qualifyRootColumn(field, fullTextTableAlias)
@@ -216,7 +214,6 @@ export class CriteriaToSequelizeConverter implements ICriteriaToOrmConverter {
         return Op.lt;
       case "LOWER_THAN_OR_EQUAL":
         return Op.lte;
-      case "EQUALS":
       default:
         return Op.eq;
     }
diff --git a/packages/rdx-criteria/src/index.ts b/packages/rdx-criteria/src/index.ts
index 090ea255..6f259500 100644
--- a/packages/rdx-criteria/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/rdx-criteria/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * from "./critera";
+export * from "./build-boolean-full-text-query";
 export * from "./criteria-from-url-converter";
 export * from "./criteria-to-sequelize-converter";
 export * from "./defaults";