essencialmente
Portuguese, adverb/e.sẽ.siˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
essencialmente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “essentially” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “principalmente”.
What does essencialmente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
essentially
- 2
primarily
- 3
substantially
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. principalmente 2. na essência
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.
How do you pronounce essencialmente?
- Brazil /e.sẽ.siˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [e.sẽ.siˌaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
- Brazil /e.sẽˌsjawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to essencialmente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is essencialmente in Portuguese?
essencialmente appears 13 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).