essay ensaio (literatura)

Creator:	Katia Perry
Language pair:	English to Portuguese
Discipline:	-
Definition / notes:	essay noun, verb noun /eseI/ 1 ~ (on sth) a short piece of writing by a student as part of a course of study: an essay on the causes of the First World War 2 ~ (on sth) a short piece of writing on a particular subject, written in order to be published 3 ~ (in sth) (formal) an attempt to do sth: His first essay in politics was a complete disaster. verb /eseI/ [vn] (literary) to try to do sth
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