# preciso
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾəˈsi.zu]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾəˈsi.zo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾeˈsi.zo]

### Verb

preciso
* first-person singular present indicative of precisar

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: [pɾeˈθisʊ]
* (dialectal, western) IPA: [pɾeˈsisʊ]

### Adjective

preciso (feminine precisa, masculine plural precisos, feminine plural precisas)
* necessary
    Synonym: necesario
    É preciso chegarmos hoxe ― It is necessary that we arrive today
* precise
    Synonym: exacto
    Antonym: impreciso

### Verb

preciso
* first-person singular present indicative of precisar

### References

* 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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /preˈt͡ʃi.zo/
* Rhymes: -izo
* Hyphenation: pre‧cì‧so

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

preciso (feminine precisa, masculine plural precisi, feminine plural precise, superlative precisissimo)
* precise, exact, thorough
    Synonym: esatto
* precise, accurate, faithful, specific, detailed
    Synonyms: accurato, fedele, dettagliato
* identical
    Synonym: identico

##### Antonyms

* impreciso

##### Related terms

* precisamente
* precisare
* precisione

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

preciso
* first-person singular present indicative of precisare

### Anagrams

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾeˈsi.zu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾeˈsi.zu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾeˈsi.zo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨˈsi.zu/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

preciso (feminine precisa, masculine plural precisos, feminine plural precisas)
* precise; accurate (in exact or careful conformity with the truth)
    Antonym: impreciso
* accurate (which hits the target)
    Synonyms: certeiro, certo
    Antonym: impreciso
    Tiro preciso. ― Accurate shot.
* necessary
    Synonym: necessário
    Não é preciso. ― It's not necessary.

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:preciso.

##### Derived terms

* precisar

##### Related terms

* precisamente
* precisão

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

preciso
* first-person singular present indicative of precisar

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:precisar.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From Latin praecīsus.

#### Adjective

preciso (feminine precisa, masculine plural precisos, feminine plural precisas)
* precise
* necessary
    Synonym: necesario

##### Derived terms

* precisamente
* precisar (verb)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

preciso
* first-person singular present indicative of precisar

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10