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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin essentia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /eˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /eˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈsẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /eˈsẽ.sja/
- Rhymes: -ẽsjɐ
- Hyphenation: es‧sên‧ci‧a
Noun
essência f (plural essências)
- essence (all senses)
- gist, substance
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