bisognare
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[edit]bisognàre (impersonal, third-person singular present bisógna, third-person singular past historic bisognò, past participle bisognàto, auxiliary èssere)
- (impersonal) it is necessary to ..., one must ... [with infinitive]
- Synonyms: occorrere, essere necessario, servire, esserci bisogno di, (archaic) essere uopo
- 2008, Baustelle, “Baudelaire”, in Amen:
- È neccessario credere, bisogna scrivere.
- It is necessary to believe, one must write.
- (intransitive, rare in the first and second-person[1], uncommon) to be needed; to be necessary
- Synonyms: essere necessario, servire, esserci bisogno di, volerci, (archaic) essere uopo
- 1865, Parlate Italiano? Or, Do You Speak Italian?, New York City: H. Holt and Company, page 80:
- L'altro giorno non sono bisognati che due minuti e mezzo per fare una lega
- The other day we were only two minutes and half going a league
- (literally, “The other day, not even two minutes and a half were necessary to do a league”)
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