necesitar

From Medieval Latin necessitō (“I oblige, compel”) and Latin necessitas.

• IPA^(key): /neθesiˈta(ɾ)/
• IPA^(key): /nesesiˈta(ɾ)/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: ne‧ce‧si‧tar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

necesitar

1. to need

• “necesitar”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

From Medieval Latin necessitō (“I oblige, compel”) and Latin necessitas.

necesitar (first-person singular indicative present necesito, past participle necesitáu)

1. to need

• “necesitar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “necesitar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

From Latin necessitas.

necesitar (first-person singular present necesito, first-person singular preterite necesitei, past participle necesitado)

1. to need

• “necesitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

• nesesitar, nesecitar (misspelling)

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.

• IPA^(key): /neθesiˈtaɾ/ [ne.θe.siˈt̪aɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /nesesiˈtaɾ/ [ne.se.siˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ne‧ce‧si‧tar

necesitar (first-person singular present necesito, first-person singular preterite necesité, past participle necesitado)

1. (transitive) to need

   Synonyms: precisar, requerir

   ¡Necesito chocolate! ― I need chocolate!

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “necesidad”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 221
• “necesitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025