precisar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.siˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [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, since 2012

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. (transitive) to need, must

   Preciso de um médico. ― I need a doctor.

   Ele precisa de comer! ― He needs to eat!

   • 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)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:precisar.

From preciso (“necessary”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾeθiˈsaɾ/ [pɾe.θiˈsaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /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
2. to need, to require

   Synonyms: necesitar, requerir

   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:

     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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014