necessitar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin necessitāre, from Latin necessitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [nə.sə.siˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ne.se.siˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ne.se.siˈta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

necessitar (first-person singular present necessito, first-person singular preterite necessití, past participle necessitat)

1. to need

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of necessitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			necessitar
gerund			necessitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		necessitat		necessitada
		plural		necessitats		necessitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	necessito	necessites	necessita	necessitem	necessiteu	necessiten
	imperfect	necessitava	necessitaves	necessitava	necessitàvem	necessitàveu	necessitaven
	future	necessitaré	necessitaràs	necessitarà	necessitarem	necessitareu	necessitaran
	preterite	necessití	necessitares	necessità	necessitàrem	necessitàreu	necessitaren
	conditional	necessitaria	necessitaries	necessitaria	necessitaríem	necessitaríeu	necessitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	necessiti	necessitis	necessiti	necessitem	necessiteu	necessitin
	imperfect	necessités	necessitessis	necessités	necessitéssim	necessitéssiu	necessitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	necessita	necessiti	necessitem	necessiteu	necessitin
	negative (no)	—	no necessitis	no necessiti	no necessitem	no necessiteu	no necessitin

Interlingua

Etymology

Derived from English necessitate, French nécessiter, Italian necessitare, Spanish necesitar and Portuguese necessitar, all from Medieval Latin necessitō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.t͡se.siˈtar/, /ne.se-/

Verb

necessitar

1. (transitive) to necessitate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of necessitar

infinitive		necessitar
participle		present	perfect
		necessitante	necessitate
active		simple	perfect
	present	necessita	ha necessitate
	past	necessitava	habeva necessitate
	future	necessitara	habera necessitate
	conditional	necessitarea	haberea necessitate
	imperative	necessita	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es necessitate	ha essite necessitate
	past	esseva necessitate	habeva essite necessitate
	future	essera necessitate	habera essite necessitate
	conditional	esserea necessitate	haberea essite necessitate
	imperative	sia necessitate	—

Related terms

• necessari
• necesse
• necessitate
• necessitose

Further reading

• Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin necessitāre, from Latin necessitās.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.se.siˈta(ʁ)/ [ne.se.siˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.se.siˈta(ʁ)/ [ne.se.siˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ne.se.siˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ne.se.siˈta(ʁ)/ [ne.se.siˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ne.se.siˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨ.sɨ.siˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨ.sɨ.siˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨ.sɨ.siˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ne‧ces‧si‧tar

Verb

necessitar (first-person singular present necessito, first-person singular preterite necessitei, past participle necessitado)

1. to need

Conjugation

    Conjugation of necessitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	necessitar
Personal	necessitar	necessitares	necessitar	necessitarmos	necessitardes	necessitarem
Gerund
	necessitando
Past participle
Masculine	necessitado			necessitados
Feminine	necessitada			necessitadas
Indicative
Present	necessito	necessitas	necessita	necessitamos	necessitais	necessitam
Imperfect	necessitava	necessitavas	necessitava	necessitávamos	necessitáveis	necessitavam
Preterite	necessitei	necessitaste	necessitou	necessitamos1, necessitámos2	necessitastes	necessitaram
Pluperfect	necessitara	necessitaras	necessitara	necessitáramos	necessitáreis	necessitaram
Future	necessitarei	necessitarás	necessitará	necessitaremos	necessitareis	necessitarão
Conditional	necessitaria	necessitarias	necessitaria	necessitaríamos	necessitaríeis	necessitariam
Subjunctive
Present	necessite	necessites	necessite	necessitemos	necessiteis	necessitem
Imperfect	necessitasse	necessitasses	necessitasse	necessitássemos	necessitásseis	necessitassem
Future	necessitar	necessitares	necessitar	necessitarmos	necessitardes	necessitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		necessita	necessite	necessitemos	necessitai	necessitem
Negative (não)		não necessites	não necessite	não necessitemos	não necessiteis	não necessitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “necessitar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “necessitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026