Forms
- present (eu)
- necessito
- preterite (eu)
- necessitei
- past participle
- necessitado
Similar words
precisar
necessitar is more formal; precisar is the everyday word, which also means "to specify" in another sense — both mean "to need."
Similar in other languages
German
brauchen
brauchen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to need."
Spanish
necesitar
necesitar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to need."
Practice
1 What does necessitar mean?
to need
2 Fill the gap: ___ de ajuda.
Full sentence: Necessito de ajuda. (I need help.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches necessitar?
necessitar: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.