Polyglot Dictionary

precisar

/pɾesiˈzaɾ/

verb A1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
preciso
preterite (eu)
precisei
past participle
precisado

Meaning

  1. to need

V Category State Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

necessitar

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 precisar mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ de ajuda.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches precisar?

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