Breakdown of A transmissão precisa de limpeza.
precisar de
to need
o
the
a limpeza
the cleaning
a transmissão
a bicycle drivetrain or transmission
Questions & Answers about A transmissão precisa de limpeza.
What does precisa de mean in this sentence?
Precisa de comes from the verb precisar, which in Portuguese often means to need.
In European Portuguese, precisar de + noun is very common:
- precisar de ajuda = to need help
- precisar de água = to need water
- precisar de limpeza = to need cleaning
So:
- A transmissão precisa de limpeza. = The transmission needs cleaning.
A very literal word-for-word breakdown would be:
- A transmissão = the transmission
- precisa de = needs
- limpeza = cleaning
Even though de is present in Portuguese, you would not normally keep it in natural English translation.
Why is it de limpeza and not an adjective like limpa?