requerir
Spanish, verb/rekeˈɾiɾ/
requerir is spelled R-E-Q-U-E-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Requerir is a Spanish verb meaning “to require, need” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Intimar, avisar o hacer saber una cosa con autoridad pública”.
What does requerir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to require, need
Requiere de mucho trabajo.
- 2
to ask for, send for, call for
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Intimar, avisar o hacer saber una cosa con autoridad pública. 2. Reconocer o examinar el estado en que se halla una cosa. 3. Necesitar o hacer necesaria alguna cosa. 4. Solicitar, pretender, explicar uno su deseo o pasión amorosa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of requerir
- requiero first-person present singular
- requerí first-person preterite singular
- requerido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- requiriendo gerund
- requerida feminine participle past
- requeridos masculine participle past
- requeridas feminine participle past
- requieres indicative informal present
- requerís indicative informal present
- requiere indicative present singular
- requerimos first-person indicative plural
- requieren indicative plural present
- requería first-person imperfect indicative
- requerías imperfect indicative second-person
- requeríamos first-person imperfect indicative
- requeríais imperfect indicative plural
- requerían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce requerir?
- /rekeˈɾiɾ/
- [re.keˈɾiɾ]
- [rekeˈɾiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to requerir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is requerir in Spanish?
requerir appears 3.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).