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, Royal Galician Academy.

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

     {{{translation}}}

• “precisar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014