• 1  adb. needy, in need; poor

  beharrean dago: he is in need

• 2  postp. needing, in need of

  lo beharrean: needing to sleep; in need of sleep

  nire beharrean bazaude, deitu: if you need me, give me a call

• 3 (aditzaren era burutuaren ondoren) have (got) to, must

  gutun batzuk idatzi beharrean nago: I have to write some letters

  bankura joan eta diru pixka bat atera beharrean nago: I must go to the bank and get some money

• 4 (aditzaren era burutuaren ondoren) instead of

  konpondu beharrean, hondatu: instead of fixing it, he's broken it