essencial
Portuguese, adjective/e.sẽ.siˈaw/
essencial is spelled E-S-S-E-N-C-I-A-L (9 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,671st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Essencial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “essential” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo à essência, ao fundamental”.
What does essencial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineessential
- 2
femininemasculineimportant
- 3
femininemasculinemain, principal
- 4
femininemasculinefundamental
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à essência, ao fundamental 2. muito necessário ou indispensável
noun: 1. o que é principal, o fundamental
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 essencial
- essenciais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce essencial?
- Brazil /e.sẽ.siˈaw/
- Brazil [e.sẽ.siˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /e.sẽˈsjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to essencial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is essencial in Portuguese?
essencial appears 23 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).