esse

Meaning

Det

1. that (near you)
2. (Brazil, colloquial) this (near me)

Pron

1. (definite, demonstrative, pronoun) that, that one (near you)
2. (definite, demonstrative, pronoun) that (that one); this (this one) (indicates something already mentioned or understood from context)

Noun

1. (definite, demonstrative, masculine, pronoun) The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
2. (definite, demonstrative, masculine, pronoun) something shaped like the letter S

Concepts

that

this

ess

this one

es

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Synonyms

aquela

aquele

essa

este

aquilo

isso

esses

essas

aqueles

aquelas

Translations

ese

dieser

dat

quello

dieses

diese

cette

die

quella

ce

jener

der

εκείνο

cela

jenes

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈe.si/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: ipse

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese esse, from Latin ipse (“himself”).

Sentences

Para onde vai esse ônibus ?

Where is this bus going?

A Inglaterra tinha corrido para esse novo curso com uma espécie de raiva .

England had rushed to this new course with a kind of rage.

Eu me sinto como um charlatão usando esse elevador embora .

I feel like a charlatan using this elevator though.

Felizmente , esse vazio parece estar se enchendo pouco a pouco .

Fortunately, this void seems to be filling little by little.

Todos eles adivinharam o que esse convite significava .

They all guessed what this invitation meant.

E , além disso , esse é um recurso que não é facilmente imitado pela concorrência .

And besides, this is a feature that is not easily imitated by the competition.