caldre

(Englisch)

  1. (impersonal, third-person) it is needed, it is necessary
  2. (impersonal, third-person) to have to, to need to, must

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
[ˈkal.ðɾə]
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Latin calēre (“to be hot”), from Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-. First attested in the 13th century. Compare Occitan caler; for sense evolution, compare dated French chaloir (originally "to be hot," later "to be important, to matter (to someone)").

nötig sein

caler

c’è bisogno di

χρειάζεται

être précis

avere bisogno di

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