To need in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

normal speech: ne-ce-si-TAR

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necesitar info.

**Tips to remember the word ‘necesitar’:**
– Associate ‘necesitar’ with ‘necessary’ in English, as they share a common Latin root and similar meanings.
– Create mnemonics: Think of “Nece-sit-are something necessary to sit down and talk about” – it’s something you need (necesitas) to address.
– Visualize the scenarios where you might use the word – imagining yourself in situations where you need something can help embed the word in your memory.

**Explanations:**
– ‘Necesitar’ is an infinitive verb in Spanish that means ‘to need’.
– It indicates the necessity or requirement for something.

**Other words that mean the same thing:**
– Requerir (to require)
– Precisar (to need, to specify)
– Demandar (to demand, can also imply ‘to need’ in certain contexts)

**Conjugations of ‘necesitar’:**

*Indicative Mood:*

– **Present**:
– yo necesito (I need)
– tú necesitas (you need, singular informal)
– él/ella/usted necesita (he/she/you formal need)
– nosotros/nosotras necesitamos (we need)
– vosotros/vosotras necesitáis (you all need, plural informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes necesitan (they/you all formal need)

– **Preterite**:
– yo necesité (I needed)
– tú necesitaste (you needed, singular informal)
– él/ella/usted necesitó (he/she/you formal needed)
– nosotros/nosotras necesitamos (we needed)
– vosotros/vosotras necesitasteis (you all needed, plural informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes necesitaron (they/you all formal needed)

– **Imperfect**:
– yo necesitaba (I was needing/used to need)
– tú necesitabas (you were needing/used to need, singular informal)
– él/ella/usted necesitaba (he/she/you formal was needing/used to need)
– nosotros/nosotras necesitábamos (we were needing/used to need)
– vosotros/vosotras necesitabais (you all were needing/used to need, plural informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes necesitaban (they/you all formal were needing/used to need)

– **Future**:
– yo necesitaré (I will need)
– tú necesitarás (you will need, singular informal)
– él/ella/usted necesitará (he/she/you formal will need)
– nosotros/nosotras necesitaremos (we will need)
– vosotros/vosotras necesitaréis (you all will need, plural informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes necesitarán (they/you all formal will need)

Note that there are other moods and tenses such as subjunctive and conditional, as well as imperative forms for commands, but these are the basic indicative forms.

**Examples of sentences that use ‘necesitar’:**
– “Necesito agua.” (I need water.)
– “¿Necesitas ayuda con tus deberes?” (Do you need help with your homework?)
– “Ella necesitaba un descanso después del trabajo.” (She needed a break after work.)
– “Nosotros necesitamos comprar comida para la cena.” (We need to buy food for dinner.)
– “Ellos necesitarán un mapa para encontrar el lugar.” (They will need a map to find the place.)

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