English → Tetun
need
presiza; nesesidade
Example sentences
"But to get there, we need consensus.
"Maibe, atu to'o ida-ne'e presiza konsensu.
"I don't need to create my own party.
"Ha'u lapresiza kria ha'u nia partidu ida.
"I need a justification for this.
"Ha'u presiza justifikasaun ba ida-ne'e.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “need”
- Do you need anything?Ita presiza buat ruma ka?
- No need to trouble yourself!Lalikan fadigadu!
- I need a mirror to brush my hair.Ha'u presiza espellu atu sui ha'u nia fuuk.
- I need some ribbon to tie to the champagne.Ha'u presiza fita para kesi ba xampaña.
- The farmers need hoes to turn over the ground.Agrikultór sira presiza enxada atu fila rai.