necessidade
Portuguese, noun/ne.se.siˈda.d͡ʒi/
necessidade is spelled N-E-C-E-S-S-I-D-A-D-E (11 letters) and appears 89 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,098th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Necessidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “need” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “condição de necessário”.
What does necessidade mean in English?
noun
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. condição de necessário 2. qualquer coisa que seja vital, de primeira importância 3. carência 4. privação dos bens necessários; indigência; míngua; pobreza
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of necessidade
- necessidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce necessidade?
- Brazil /ne.se.siˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /nɨ.sɨ.siˈda.dɨ/
- Portugal [nɨ.sɨ.siˈða.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to necessidade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is necessidade in Portuguese?
necessidade appears 89 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).