esse

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈe.si/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: ipse

In summary

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

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

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.