necesitar

From Medieval Latin necessitō (“I oblige, compel”) and Latin necessitas.

• IPA^(key): /neθesiˈta(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Syllabification: ne‧ce‧si‧tar

necesitar

1. to need

From Medieval Latin necessitō (“I oblige, compel”) and Latin necessitas.

necesitar (first-person singular indicative present necesito, past participle necesitáu)

1. to need

From Latin necessitas.

necesitar (first-person singular present necesito, first-person singular preterite necesitei, past participle necesitado)

1. to need

• “necesitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Borrowed from Medieval Latin necessitāre (“to oblige, compel”), a verb derived from Classical Latin necessitās (“necessity, compulsion”). According to Coromines and Pascual, attested by the 17th century. Cognate of French nécessiter, which is known to be attested much earlier.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /neθesiˈtaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /nesesiˈtaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ne‧ce‧si‧tar

necesitar (first-person singular present necesito, first-person singular preterite necesité, past participle necesitado)

1. (transitive) to need

   Synonyms: precisar, requerir

   ¡Necesito chocolate! ― I need chocolate!

• Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1985) “necesidad”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 221
• “necesitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10