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essence

/ˈes.ənts/

Translation

n [u]
›
⇨ esencia
The essence of this film is...
La esencia de esta película es...
⇨ característica
n [c, u]
› (de una sustancia)
⇨ esencia
vanilla essence
esencia de vainilla
(Definition of essence nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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