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essential (EN)
adjetivo, sustantivo

adjetivo “essential”

forma base essential (more/most)
  1. esencial
    Drinking clean water is essential for good health.
  2. esencial (relacionado con la naturaleza intrínseca)
    Freedom of speech is an essential principle of democracy.
  3. esencial (relacionado con esencia de planta)
    The essential oil from the lavender plant gives the soap its calming scent.
  4. esencial (que debe obtenerse de la dieta)
    Certain amino acids are essential because our bodies cannot produce them.
  5. esencial (medicina, que ocurre sin una causa conocida)
    The patient was diagnosed with essential tremor, which has no clear underlying cause.

sustantivo “essential”

sing. essential, pl. essentials
  1. imprescindible
    Food and shelter are essentials for survival.
  2. elemento fundamental
    The course teaches the essentials of computer programming.