Need

"Need" in Portuguese

necessidade

(something required)

necessidade

(lack of means of subsistence)

necessitar

(to have an absolute requirement for)

necessitar

(to be obliged to)

precisar

(to have an absolute requirement for)

precisar

(to want strongly)

precisar

(to be obliged to)

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