preciso

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾəˈsi.zu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾəˈsi.zo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾeˈsi.zo]

preciso

1. first-person singular present indicative of precisar

Attested since circa 1750. From Latin praecīsus (“shortened”), from praecīdō (“I shorten”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [pɾeˈθisʊ]
• (dialectal, western) IPA^(key): [pɾeˈsisʊ]

preciso (feminine precisa, masculine plural precisos, feminine plural precisas)

1. necessary

   Synonym: necesario

   É preciso chegarmos hoxe ― It is necessary that we arrive today

2. precise

   Synonym: exacto

   Antonym: impreciso

preciso

1. first-person singular present indicative of precisar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “preciso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “preciso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “preciso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• IPA^(key): /preˈt͡ʃi.zo/
• Rhymes: -izo
• Hyphenation: pre‧cì‧so

From Latin praecīsus (“shortened”), from praecīdō (“to shorten”).

preciso (feminine precisa, masculine plural precisi, feminine plural precise, superlative precisissimo)

1. precise, exact, thorough

   Synonym: esatto

2. precise, accurate, faithful, specific, detailed

   Synonyms: accurato, fedele, dettagliato

3. identical

   Synonym: identico

• impreciso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

preciso

1. first-person singular present indicative of precisare

• Persico, copersi, esporci, perisco, persico, piscerò, ripesco, ripescò

From Latin praecīsus (“shortened”), from praecīdō (“to shorten”).

preciso (feminine precisa, masculine plural precisos, feminine plural precisas)

1. precise; accurate (in exact or careful conformity with the truth)

   Antonym: impreciso

2. accurate (which hits the target)

   Synonyms: certeiro, certo

   Antonym: impreciso

   Tiro preciso. ― Accurate shot.

3. necessary

   Synonym: necessário

   Não é preciso. ― It's not necessary.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:preciso.

• precisar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

preciso

1. first-person singular present indicative of precisar

For quotations using this term, see Citations:precisar.

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈθiso/ [pɾeˈθi.so] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈsiso/ [pɾeˈsi.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: pre‧ci‧so

From Latin praecīsus.

preciso (feminine precisa, masculine plural precisos, feminine plural precisas)

1. precise
2. necessary

   Synonym: necesario

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

preciso

1. first-person singular present indicative of precisar

• “preciso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024