precisar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.siˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.siˈzaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

precisar (first-person singular present preciso, first-person singular preterite precisí, past participle precisat)

1. to specify, state precisely

• (standard) IPA^(key): [pɾeθiˈsɐɾ]
• (dialectal, western) IPA^(key): [pɾesiˈsɐɾ]

precisar (first-person singular present preciso, first-person singular preterite precisei, past participle precisado)

1. to need

   Pero non imaxinei que chegase a precisar de min.

   But I didn't imagine that he would need me.

• “precisar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

From preciso (“necessary”) +‎ -ar.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾɛ.siˈza(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾi.siˈza(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧sar

precisar (first-person singular present preciso, first-person singular preterite precisei, past participle precisado)

1. (intransitive) to need [with de ‘something’]

   Preciso de um médico. ― I need a doctor.

2. (intransitive) to need to, to have to, must [with infinitive or de ‘inf’]

   Ele precisa (de) comer! ― He needs to eat!

   Eu preciso ir lá hoje porque amanhã vai estar fechado.

   I must go there today because it will be closed tomorrow.

   • 1986, Cazuza, Bebel Gilberto, Dé (lyrics and music), “Preciso Dizer Que Eu Te Amo”, performed by Bebel Gilberto:

     É que eu preciso dizer que eu te amo / Te ganhar ou perder sem engano

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (intransitive) to be in need

   Temos que ajudar quem precisa.

   We have to help those in need.

4. (transitive) to specify, to render precise

   Você consegue precisar os objetivos da campanha?

   Are you able to specify the campaign objectives?

For quotations using this term, see Citations:precisar.

From preciso (“necessary”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾeθiˈsaɾ/ [pɾe.θiˈsaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾesiˈsaɾ/ [pɾe.siˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧ci‧sar

precisar (first-person singular present preciso, first-person singular preterite precisé, past participle precisado)

1. to state, specify
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 57:

     En la cordillera de la provincia de Aconcagua, en un punto que la informante no sabe precisar, existe encantada una viga de oro maciza.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to need, to require

   Synonyms: necesitar, requerir

   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎^[1], Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:

     Una noche de Febrero presentose en la picada Venancio Benavides, y reuniéndolos a todos en la pradera, les dijo que era ya llegado el momento de alzarse contra los «godos» que oprimían la tierra, para lo cual se precisaba dar hasta la vida

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “precisar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28