essência

See also: essència and esséncia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin essentia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [eˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /eˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈsẽ.si.a/ [eˈsẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /eˈsẽ.sja/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈsẽ.sjɐ/

Rhymes: -ẽsjɐ
Hyphenation: es‧sên‧ci‧a

Noun

essência f (plural essências)

essence (all senses)
gist, substance

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