necesitar

Significado (Inglés)

to need

Frecuencia

B1
Con guion como
ne‧ce‧si‧tar
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/neθesiˈtaɾ/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

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.

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