necessitado
Portuguese, adjective/ne.se.siˈta.du/
necessitado is spelled N-E-C-E-S-S-I-T-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Necessitado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “needy (in need)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of necessitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que passa necessidades (fomes ou sedes); miserável”.
What does necessitado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
needy (in need)
verb
- 1
past participle of necessitar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que passa necessidades (fomes ou sedes); miserável
noun: 1. pessoa necessitada; miserável
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 necessitado
- necessitada feminine
- necessitados masculine plural
- necessitadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce necessitado?
- Brazil /ne.se.siˈta.du/
- Portugal /nɨ.sɨ.siˈta.du/
- Portugal [nɨ.sɨ.siˈta.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to necessitado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is necessitado in Portuguese?
necessitado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).