preciso

/pɾeˈθiso/ · B1 · adj

necessary

🎯✂️ From Latin praecisus, cut short: trimmed down to exactly what is needed

Latin prae- (before) + caedere (to cut). Cut away the extra and what is left is precise, and also what is necessary. Es preciso que vengas = it is necessary that you come. The verb precisar means to need.

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