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precisar

to need

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to need

Require something or need to perform an action.

precisar de + noun; precisar + infinitive

Preciso de uma caneta para assinar.

I need a pen to sign.

Precisamos sair antes das seis.

We need to leave before six.

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Usage

Use de with a noun in the pattern shown here. Before an infinitive, the examples use precisar without de. This entry covers need; the separate meaning “to specify precisely” is outside this selection.

Conjugation

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