necesitar

Meaning

to need

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ne‧ce‧si‧tar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/neθesiˈtaɾ/

Etymology

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.