verb/neθesiˈtaɾ/
to need
“¡Necesito chocolate!” — I need chocolate!
Synonyms: precisar, requerir
Borrowed from Medieval Latin necessitāre (“to oblige, compel”), a verb derived from Classical Latin necessitās (“necessity, compulsion”). According to Coromines and Pascual, attested by the 17th century. Cognate of French nécessiter, which is known to be attested much earlier.