essa
Portuguese, noun/ˈɛ.sɐ/
essa is spelled E-S-S-A (4 letters) and appears 1,023 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 89th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Essa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “catafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of esse. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o estrado onde o caixão é colocado durante as cerimónias/cerimônias fúnebres antes do enterro”.
What does essa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecatafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)
determiner
- 1
femininefeminine singular of esse
pronoun
- 1
femininefeminine singular of esse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o estrado onde o caixão é colocado durante as cerimónias/cerimônias fúnebres antes do enterro 2. catafalco; sarcófago; cenotáfio 3. uma dada influência
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of essa
- essas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce essa?
- Brazil /ˈɛ.sɐ/
- Portugal /ˈɛ.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to essa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is essa in Portuguese?
essa appears 1,023 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).