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essential (EN)
adjetivo, substantivo

adjetivo “essential”

forma base essential (more/most)
  1. essencial
    Drinking clean water is essential for good health.
  2. essencial (relacionado à natureza inerente)
    Freedom of speech is an essential principle of democracy.
  3. essencial (relacionado a essência de planta)
    The essential oil from the lavender plant gives the soap its calming scent.
  4. essencial (não produzido pelo corpo)
    Certain amino acids are essential because our bodies cannot produce them.
  5. essencial (medicina, ocorrendo sem uma causa conhecida)
    The patient was diagnosed with essential tremor, which has no clear underlying cause.

substantivo “essential”

sg. essential, pl. essentials
  1. essencial
    Food and shelter are essentials for survival.
  2. essencial (elemento fundamental)
    The course teaches the essentials of computer programming.