Portuguese Word of the Day
precisar
/pre-ci-ZAR/ • verb — 17th of Jun, 2026
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Meaning: to need; to require
Examples
- Eu preciso de água.
(I need water.) - Você precisa estudar para a prova.
(You need to study for the exam.) - É preciso reservar os ingressos com antecedência.
(It's necessary to reserve the tickets in advance.)
Synonyms
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Use precisar + de + noun to say you need something (Eu preciso de dinheiro). Use precisar + infinitive to say you need to do something (Preciso estudar). For different subjects, you can say Preciso que + subjunctive (Preciso que você venha) to mean 'I need you to...'. É preciso + infinitive expresses 'it's necessary to...'.
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