essencial

Meaning

1. (feminine,masculine) essential
2. (feminine,masculine) important
3. (feminine,masculine) main, principal
4. (feminine,masculine) fundamental

Hyphenated as

es‧sen‧ci‧al

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.sẽ.siˈaw/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin essentiālis, from Latin essentia (“being, essence”).

Sentences

O oxigênio é essencial para a vida na terra , assim como a água .

Oxygen is essential for life on earth, as is water.

A segunda característica essencial do fenômeno é que é muito homogeneamente territorial .

The second essential feature of the phenomenon is that it is very homogeneously territorial.