necesidad
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish necessidad, borrowed from Latin necessitātem. According to Coromines and Pascual, attested since the 13th century, in Gonzalo de Berceo.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /neθesiˈdad/ [ne.θe.siˈð̞að̞]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /nesesiˈdad/ [ne.se.siˈð̞að̞]
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: ne‧ce‧si‧dad
Noun edit
necesidad f (plural necesidades)
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Further reading edit
- “necesidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “necesidad”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 221