necessitaríamos

Necessitaríamos is the first-person plural form of the Portuguese verb necessitar in the conditional mood, meaning "we would need" or "we would require." It is used to express hypothetical or contingent necessity, or to soften statements about needs in polite or tentative contexts.

The form is regular for an -ar verb. In the conditional, it is built by attaching the standard endings to the infinitive necessitar: eu necessitaria, tu necessitarias, ele necessitaria, nós necessitaríamos, vós necessitaríeis, eles necessitariam. Example: Nós necessitaríamos de mais tempo se o projeto atrasasse.

Etymology and usage notes: necessitar derives from Latin necessitare, related to necessitas meaning necessity. The Portuguese conditional form allows stating requirements contingent on a condition, without asserting that the requirement is definite. It is used in both European and Brazilian Portuguese and can appear in formal and informal contexts.

Usage examples:

- Se tivéssemos mais recursos, necessitaríamos de apoio adicional.

- Não acredito que precisemos já, mas se houver mudanças, necessitaríamos de informações adicionais.

See also: Portuguese verb conjugation, Conditional mood (futuro do pretérito), necessitar, Latin origin of words related to necessity.

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