precisar
Catalan
editPronunciation
editVerb
editprecisar (first-person singular present preciso, first-person singular preterite precisí, past participle precisat)
Conjugation
editGalician
editPronunciation
editVerb
editprecisar (first-person singular present preciso, first-person singular preterite precisei, past participle precisado)
- to need
- Pero non imaxinei que chegase a precisar de min.
- But I didn't imagine that he would need me.
Conjugation
edit1Less recommended.
Further reading
edit- “precisar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom preciso (“necessary”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
edit
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾɛ.siˈza(h)/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾi.siˈza(ɹ)/
- Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧sar
Verb
editprecisar (first-person singular present preciso, first-person singular preterite precisei, past participle precisado)
- (intransitive) to need [with de ‘something’]
- Preciso de um médico. ― I need a doctor.
- (intransitive) to need to, to have to, must [with infinitive or de ‘inf’]
- Ele precisa (de) comer! ― He needs to eat!
- Eu preciso ir lá hoje porque amanhã vai estar fechado.
- I must go there today because it will be closed tomorrow.
- 1986, Cazuza, Bebel Gilberto, Dé (lyrics and music), “Preciso Dizer Que Eu Te Amo”, performed by Bebel Gilberto:
- É que eu preciso dizer que eu te amo / Te ganhar ou perder sem engano
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (intransitive) to be in need
- Temos que ajudar quem precisa.
- We have to help those in need.
- (transitive) to specify, to render precise
- Você consegue precisar os objetivos da campanha?
- Are you able to specify the campaign objectives?
Conjugation
edit1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:precisar.
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom preciso (“necessary”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾeθiˈsaɾ/ [pɾe.θiˈsaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾesiˈsaɾ/ [pɾe.siˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pre‧ci‧sar
Verb
editprecisar (first-person singular present preciso, first-person singular preterite precisé, past participle precisado)
- to state, specify
- to need, to require
- 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:
- Una noche de Febrero presentose en la picada Venancio Benavides, y reuniéndolos a todos en la pradera, les dijo que era ya llegado el momento de alzarse contra los «godos» que oprimían la tierra, para lo cual se precisaba dar hasta la vida
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
editThese forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “precisar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)
- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/3 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan verbs
- Catalan first conjugation verbs
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician verbs
- Galician verbs ending in -ar
- Galician terms with usage examples
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ar
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese intransitive verbs
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Portuguese terms with quotations
- Portuguese transitive verbs
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ar
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish terms with quotations