necesitar
Meaning
to need
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
benötigen
precisar
nécessiter
necessitar
avere bisogno
χρειάζομαι
nodig hebbenFrequency
Hyphenated as
ne‧ce‧si‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/neθesiˈtaɾ/
Etymology
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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