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precisar to need; to need to, to have to, must

precisar is the #131 most common word in Portuguese, a verb. It means “to need; to need to, to have to, must” and is pronounced /pɾe.siˈza(ʁ)/.

#131frequency rank
0.10%of everyday Portuguese text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of precisar

FormWhat it isMeaning
precisoI · presentI need
preciseiI · pastI needed
precisadopast participleneeded
precisarinfinitiveto need
precisarI · infinitiveto need
precisaresyou · infinitiveto need
precisarhe/she · infinitiveto need
precisarmoswe · infinitiveto need
precisardesyou (pl.) · infinitiveto need
precisaremthey · infinitiveto need
precisando-ing formneeding
precisadosingular · past participleneeded
precisadosplural · past participleneeded
precisadasingular · past participleneeded
precisadasplural · past participleneeded
precisasyou · presentyou need
precisahe/she · presenthe/she needs
precisamoswe · presentwe need
precisaisyou (pl.) · presentyou (pl.) need
precisamthey · presentthey need
precisavaI · imperfectI used to need
precisavasyou · imperfectyou used to need
precisavahe/she · imperfecthe/she used to need
precisávamoswe · imperfectwe used to need
precisáveisyou (pl.) · imperfectyou (pl.) used to need
precisavamthey · imperfectthey used to need
precisasteyou · pastyou needed
precisouhe/she · pasthe/she needed
precisamoswe · pastwe needed
precisámoswe · pastwe needed
precisastesyou (pl.) · pastyou (pl.) needed
precisaramthey · pastthey needed
precisaraI · past perfectI had needed
precisarasyou · past perfectyou had needed
precisarahe/she · past perfecthe/she had needed
precisáramoswe · past perfectwe had needed
precisáreisyou (pl.) · past perfectyou (pl.) had needed
precisaramthey · past perfectthey had needed
precisareiI · futureI will need
precisarásyou · futureyou will need
precisaráhe/she · futurehe/she will need
precisaremoswe · futurewe will need
precisareisyou (pl.) · futureyou (pl.) will need
precisarãothey · futurethey will need
precisariaI · conditionalI would need
precisariasyou · conditionalyou would need
precisariahe/she · conditionalhe/she would need
precisaríamoswe · conditionalwe would need

#130 esperar · #132 acabar

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