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essencial.

essential

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/e.sẽ.siˈaw/Brazil[e.sẽ.siˈaʊ̯]Brazil/e.sẽˈsjaw/Brazil[e.sẽˈsjaʊ̯]Brazil

  1. essential

    feminine · masculine

  2. important

    feminine · masculine

  3. main, principal

    feminine · masculine

  4. fundamental

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Late Latin essentiālis, from Latin essentia (“being, essence”). By surface analysis, essência + -al.

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