precisava fazer

needed to do

→ precisar
phrase Rare #21,877
needed to do Used to talk about something that had to be done or was necessary to do.
PO: Eu fiz tudo o que precisava fazer antes de sair.
EN: I did everything I needed to do before leaving.

Tom pareceu saber o que Mary precisava fazer.

Tom seemed to know what Mary needed to do.

Tom disse que ele era capaz de fazer tudo o que precisava fazer.

Tom said that he was capable of doing everything he needed to do.

O Tom sentiu que precisava fazer alguma coisa.

Tom felt he needed to do something.

O Tom não teve tempo o bastante para fazer o que ele precisava fazer.

Tom didn't have enough time to do what he needed to do.

Tom já terminou o trabalho que ele precisava fazer.

Tom has already finished the work he needed to do.

Não precisava fazer uma cena.

There was no need to make a scene.

— A Empregada (2025)

O Tom não teve tempo o bastante para fazer o que precisava fazer.

Tom didn’t have enough time to do what he needed to do.

Eu fiz tudo que achei que precisava fazer.

I did everything I thought I needed to do.

Eu fiz o que eu precisava fazer.

I did what I needed to do.

Tudo que Tom precisava fazer era apenas sentar e não dizer nada.

All Tom had to do was sit down and say nothing.

Então alguém precisava fazer o tempo andar.

So someone needed to make time move.

— TÁR (2022)

Tom disse que achava que sabia o que Maria precisava fazer.

Tom said he thought he knew what Maria needed to do.

Tom tentou dizer a Mary o que ela precisava fazer.

Tom tried to tell Mary what she needed to do.

Tom fez tudo o que precisava fazer.

Tom did everything he needed to do.