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How to Say To Need in Portuguese: Verb Precisar

How to Say To Need in Portuguese: Verb Precisar

posted on August 23, 2009

I am preparing for my upcoming trip to Brazil (yay!) and thought that my to-do list would provide good examples of how we use the verb Precisar in Portuguese. The lesson includes useful phrases and vocabulary to get your Portuguese smarter.

Precisar = To need

The verb Precisar is a regular verb.

The Verb Precisar Followed by a Verb

The verb precisar does not require preposition when it is followed by a verb. This verb will always be in the infinitive (base form).

Examples:

  • Eu preciso tirar dinheiro para a viagem. (I need to withdraw cash for the trip.)
How to Say To Need in Portuguese: Verb Precisar
Eu preciso tirar dinheiro. = I need to withdraw cash.

 

  • Preciso comprar um biquini novo assim que chegar ao Brasil. (I need to buy a new bikini as soon as I get to Brazil.)
  • A gente precisa comprar presentes para minha família. (We need to buy gifts for my family.)

 

Learn more: Using “A gente” – Make your Portuguese even smarter

 

The Verb Precisar Followed by a Noun

The verb precisar requires the proposition DE, or one of its contractions, when followed by a
noun.

Compare the examples below with the ones above:

  • Eu preciso de dinheiro para a viagem. (I need cash for the trip.)
  • Eu preciso de um biquini novo assim que chegar ao Brasil. (I need a new bikini as soon as I get to Brazil.)
  • A gente precisa de presentes para minha família. (We need gifts for my family.)

 

Let’s see a few examples using the contractions of the preposition DE:

  • Mariana precisa deste livro. (Mariana needs this book.)
  • Você precisa daquelas revistas? (Do you need those magazines?)
  • Preciso do seu número de telefone. (I need your phone number.)
  • Cadê o dicionário? Estou precisando dele. (Where is the dictionary? I need it.)

Pronto. Agora você precisa praticar seu português 🙂

Please note: In Portugal the preposition “de” is always used, even when the verb Precisar is followed by a verb.

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Luciana Lage

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Luciana Lage founded Street Smart Brazil drawing on her passion for Brazilian Portuguese language and culture. Luciana has also taught Portuguese at University of California, Berkeley, and currently teaches at the University of San Francisco.

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  1. AvatarMarcel Leonard

    June 23, 2020 at 1:27 am

    Could you give me definition present participle vindo and past participle vindo, could you please explain the difference of the examples in English.

    Thank you very much.

    Marcel Leonard

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