English-Spanish translations for essence

• esencia
  Esa es la verdadera esencia de la subsidiariedad. That is the very essence of subsidiarity.
  Esa es la esencia de la Estrategia de Lisboa. This is the essence of the Lisbon Strategy.
  Quiero decir algunas palabras sobre la esencia del problema. Now some words on the essence of the problem.
• extracto

Definition of essence

• The inherent nature of a thing or idea
• The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory
• A being; especially, a purely spiritual being
• A significant feature of something
• The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process
• An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring
• Fragrance, a perfume

Examples

• essence of Jojoba
• vanilla essence

Related words

• quintessence
• in essence
• time is of the essence
• vinegar essence