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precisar

to need

Regular · 24 form tables

Brazilian Portuguese, with você, a gente and vocês. The tables also include personal infinitives; supplied tu commands appear under other forms.

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Indicative

Present

precisar: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I need
você, ele, ela	you need; he/she needs
nós	we need
a gente	we need
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) need; they need

Present continuous

precisar: Present continuous
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I need right now
você, ele, ela	you need right now; he/she needs right now
nós	we need right now
a gente	we need right now
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) need right now; they need right now

Past continuous

precisar: Past continuous
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I needed at that time
você, ele, ela	you needed at that time; he/she needed at that time
nós	we needed at that time
a gente	we needed at that time
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) needed at that time; they needed at that time

Completed past

precisar: Completed past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I needed
você, ele, ela	you needed; he/she needed
nós	we needed
a gente	we needed
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) needed; they needed

Imperfect

precisar: Imperfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I needed
você, ele, ela	you needed; he/she needed
nós	we needed
a gente	we needed
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) needed; they needed

Compound past

precisar: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I have needed lately
você, ele, ela	you have needed lately; he/she has needed lately
nós	we have needed lately
a gente	we have needed lately
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) have needed lately; they have needed lately

Past perfect

precisar: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I had needed
você, ele, ela	you had needed; he/she had needed
nós	we had needed
a gente	we had needed
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) had needed; they had needed

Literary past perfect

precisar: Literary past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I had needed
você, ele, ela	you had needed; he/she had needed
nós	we had needed
a gente	we had needed
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) had needed; they had needed

Future

precisar: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I will need
você, ele, ela	you will need; he/she will need
nós	we will need
a gente	we will need
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) will need; they will need

Future perfect

precisar: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I will have needed
você, ele, ela	you will have needed; he/she will have needed
nós	we will have needed
a gente	we will have needed
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) will have needed; they will have needed

Going to

precisar: Going to
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I am going to need
você, ele, ela	you are going to need; he/she is going to need
nós	we are going to need
a gente	we are going to need
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) are going to need; they are going to need

Was going to

precisar: Was going to
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I was going to need
você, ele, ela	you were going to need; he/she was going to need
nós	we were going to need
a gente	we were going to need
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) were going to need; they were going to need

Conditional

precisar: Conditional
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I would need
você, ele, ela	you would need; he/she would need
nós	we would need
a gente	we would need
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) would need; they would need

Conditional perfect

precisar: Conditional perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I would have needed
você, ele, ela	you would have needed; he/she would have needed
nós	we would have needed
a gente	we would have needed
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) would have needed; they would have needed

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive

precisar: Present subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(that) I need
você, ele, ela	(that) you need; (that) he/she needs
nós	(that) we need
a gente	(that) we need
vocês, eles, elas	(that) you (plural) need; (that) they need

Imperfect subjunctive

precisar: Imperfect subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(if) I needed
você, ele, ela	(if) you needed; (if) he/she needed
nós	(if) we needed
a gente	(if) we needed
vocês, eles, elas	(if) you (plural) needed; (if) they needed

Perfect subjunctive

precisar: Perfect subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(that) I have needed
você, ele, ela	(that) you have needed; (that) he/she has needed
nós	(that) we have needed
a gente	(that) we have needed
vocês, eles, elas	(that) you (plural) have needed; (that) they have needed

Pluperfect subjunctive

precisar: Pluperfect subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(that) I had needed
você, ele, ela	(that) you had needed; (that) he/she had needed
nós	(that) we had needed
a gente	(that) we had needed
vocês, eles, elas	(that) you (plural) had needed; (that) they had needed

Future subjunctive

precisar: Future subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(when/if) I need
você, ele, ela	(when/if) you need; (when/if) he/she needs
nós	(when/if) we need
a gente	(when/if) we need
vocês, eles, elas	(when/if) you (plural) need; (when/if) they need

Future perfect subjunctive

precisar: Future perfect subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(when/if) I have needed
você, ele, ela	(when/if) you have needed; (when/if) he/she has needed
nós	(when/if) we have needed
a gente	(when/if) we have needed
vocês, eles, elas	(when/if) you (plural) have needed; (when/if) they have needed

Commands

Affirmative command

precisar: Affirmative command
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
você, ele, ela	need!
nós	let's need!
vocês, eles, elas	need! (plural)

Negative command

precisar: Negative command
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
você, ele, ela	do not need!
nós	let's not need!
vocês, eles, elas	do not need! (plural)

Infinitive

Personal infinitive

precisar: Personal infinitive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	for me to need
você, ele, ela	for you to need; for him/her to need
nós	for us to need
a gente	for us to need
vocês, eles, elas	for you (plural) to need; for them to need

Compound personal infinitive

precisar: Compound personal infinitive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	for me to have needed
você, ele, ela	for you to have needed; for him/her to have needed
nós	for us to have needed
a gente	for us to have needed
vocês, eles, elas	for you (plural) to have needed; for them to have needed

Additional forms

Gerund
Past participle
Past infinitive
Past gerund
Affirmative command: tu
Negative command: tu

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