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necessità

necessity

noun neh-cheh-see-TAH Less Common
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Origin: from Latin necessitas

Also means

need

Usage Note

Necessità is invariable thanks to its final stressed -à, so le necessità stays unchanged in the plural. It anchors the proverb fare di necessità virtù ('to make a virtue of necessity'); avere necessità di means 'to need'.

Examples

"Non c'è necessità di correre."

Natural Translation

There's no need to rush.

Literal Translation

Not there-is necessity of to-run.

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