Need

"Need" in Spanish

egestad

(lack of means of subsistence)

menesteres

(something required)

necesidad

(something required)

necesidad

(lack of means of subsistence)

deber

(to be obliged to)

deber

(to be required or necessary)

hacer falta

(to have an absolute requirement for)

necesitar

(to have an absolute requirement for)

necesitar

(to want strongly)

necesitar

(to be obliged to)

ocupar

(to have an absolute requirement for)

precisar

(to have an absolute requirement for)

requerir

(to have an absolute requirement for)

ser necesario que

(to be obliged to)

tener ganas de

(to want strongly)

tener que

(to be obliged to)

tener que

(to be required or necessary)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.