necessitou

Necessitou is the simple past (preterite) form of the Portuguese verb necessitar, meaning to need or require. It is used to describe a need that occurred at a specific time in the past and corresponds to phrases such as “he/she/it needed” or, in Brazilian Portuguese, the formal “you needed.” The non-conjugated form is necessitar, and the noun form denoting a state of need is necessidade.

Etymology and usage notes: necessitar derives from the Latin root necessitas, through the Portuguese noun necessidade, which conveys the concept of necessity. In contemporary Portuguese, necessitar tends to appear in more formal or technical writing, while precisar is common in everyday speech. Necessitar often emphasizes an essential requirement or obligation, whereas precisar can be more general or colloquial.

Conjugation and examples: necessitar is a regular -ar verb. The preterite forms include eu necessitei, tu necessitaste, ele/ela necessitou, nós necessitamos, vós necessitastes, eles/elas necessitaram. Example sentences: Ele necessitou de ajuda após o acidente. A empresa necessitou de aprovação adicional para seguir com o projeto. Você necessitou de mais tempo para concluir a tarefa?

Overview: Necessitou serves as a precise past-tense marker for needs or requirements expressed about a past event. It sits alongside other past forms of necessitar and is contrasted with uso mais comum de precisar, depending on formality, emphasis, and regional variation.