Spanish Conversation · Level 70
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Spanish word
urgencias
Pronunciation
IPA/uɾˈxenθjas/
Meaning
- feminine nounemergency room
Example
Tenemos que llevarlo a urgencias.
We have to take him to the emergency room.
More examples
Tuvo que esperar varias horas en urgencias.
He had to wait several hours in the emergency room.
Core concept
Hospital area that admits and treats urgent medical cases.
Common phrases
llevar a urgencias
take to the emergency room
esperar en urgencias
wait in the emergency room
ingresar en urgencias
be admitted to the emergency room
Similar words
emergencia: Acute situation posing an immediate danger to life or safety that needs prompt response.
servicio de urgencias: Operational unit in a hospital coordinating triage, short-term treatment, and admissions.
sala de urgencias: Section of the emergency department used to examine, stabilize, and give initial treatment.
Definition in Spanish
Área o servicio hospitalario encargado de la atención rápida de pacientes con problemas médicos urgentes; coloquialmente se denomina simplemente urgencias.
Word origin
From Latin urgentia (from urgēre 'to press' or 'urge'), Spanish urgencias became the plural name for the hospital service that handles pressing medical problems.
Usage tips
- Spanish commonly uses urgencias for the department and often omits the article in speech ('llevar a urgencias'), while emergencia refers to the event itself.
Other meanings
- emergencynoun
- emergency medicinenoun
Opposites
- ambulatoriooutpatient clinicnoun