- urgencia
- f.1 urgency.con urgencia urgentlynecesitan con urgencia alimentos y medicinas they urgently need food and medicineen caso de urgencia in case of emergency2 urgent need.3 emergency (case) (en hospital) (caso).urgencias (médicas) casualty (department), accident and emergency (department) (British), emergency room (United States)* * *urgencia► nombre femenino1 urgency2 (necesidad) urgent need, pressing need3 (emergencia) emergency► nombre femenino plural1 (servicio) casualty department sing, casualty sing, US emergency room\FRASEOLOGÍAen (un) caso de urgencia in an emergency* * *noun f.urgency* * *SF1) (=apresuramiento) urgency
con toda urgencia — with the utmost urgency
pedir algo con urgencia — to request sth urgently
trataron varios asuntos de urgencia — they dealt with a number of urgent o pressing matters
2) (=emergencia) emergencyen caso de urgencia — in case of (an) emergency, in an emergency
medida de urgencia — emergency measure
déjame entrar en el baño, por favor, que tengo una urgencia — let me in to the bathroom, please, it's an emergency
procedimiento de urgencia — (Admin) emergency procedure
3) (Med) emergencyel doctor se ocupará primero de las urgencias — the doctor will deal with the emergencies o emergency cases first
servicios de urgencia — emergency services
la operaron de urgencia — she underwent emergency surgery
urgencias — accident +++ emergency
tuvimos que ir a urgencias — we had to go to casualty
* * *femeninoa) (cualidad) urgencycon urgencia — urgently
con la máxima urgencia — with the utmost urgency
b) (Med) (emergencia) emergency; (caso urgente) emergency (case)sala de urgencias — casualty department o ward
urgencias — accident and emergency
lo operaron de urgencia — he had an emergency operation
lo hospitalizaron de urgencia — he was rushed into hospital
* * *= urgency, rush on.Ex. They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.Ex. In the nineteenth-century compulsory overtime to 10 p.m. or midnight was a very common occurrence in news offices, with all-night working when there was a rush on.----* carácter de urgencia = sense of urgency.* con urgencia = urgently.* de extremada urgencia = serious.* llevar al hospital con toda urgencia = rush + Nombre + to hospital.* sala de urgencias = emergency room, emergency ward, casualty ward.* * *femeninoa) (cualidad) urgencycon urgencia — urgently
con la máxima urgencia — with the utmost urgency
b) (Med) (emergencia) emergency; (caso urgente) emergency (case)sala de urgencias — casualty department o ward
urgencias — accident and emergency
lo operaron de urgencia — he had an emergency operation
lo hospitalizaron de urgencia — he was rushed into hospital
* * *= urgency, rush on.Ex: They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.
Ex: In the nineteenth-century compulsory overtime to 10 p.m. or midnight was a very common occurrence in news offices, with all-night working when there was a rush on.* carácter de urgencia = sense of urgency.* con urgencia = urgently.* de extremada urgencia = serious.* llevar al hospital con toda urgencia = rush + Nombre + to hospital.* sala de urgencias = emergency room, emergency ward, casualty ward.* * *urgenciafeminine1 (cualidad) urgencynecesitamos su ayuda con toda urgencia we urgently need her helphay que tomar una decisión sobre este tema con la máxima urgencia a decision must be made on this matter with the utmost urgency2 (Med) (emergencia) emergency; (caso urgente) emergency case, emergencysala de urgencias casualty department o ward[ S ] urgencias accident and emergencylo ingresaron por urgencias he was admitted as an emergencyel doctor está atendiendo una urgencia the doctor is seeing to an emergency (case)tuvieron que operarlo de urgencia he had to have an emergency operationtuvo que ser hospitalizado de urgencia he had to be rushed into hospital* * *
urgencia sustantivo femeninoa) (cualidad) urgency;◊ con urgencia urgentlyb) (Med) emergency;
(on signs) urgencias accident and emergency;◊ lo operaron de urgencia he had an emergency operation
urgencia sustantivo femenino
1 urgency
con urgencia, urgently
2 (en medicina) emergency
(departamento de hospital) urgencias, accident and emergency department o ward, US emergency room: le enviaron a urgencias, they sent him to casualty
'urgencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
remediar
- trámite
- ingresar
- necesidad
- prisa
English:
emergency
- necessity
- stretch
- urgency
- desperately
- urgently
* * *urgencia nf1. [cualidad] urgency;debido a la urgencia de la situación owing to the urgency of the situation;con urgencia urgently;necesitan con urgencia alimentos y medicinas they urgently need food and medicine;en caso de urgencia in case of emergency;asuntos de urgencia urgent matters2. [necesidad] urgent need;tener una urgencia to have an emergency3. [en hospital] [caso] emergency (case);urgencias (médicas) [departamento] Br casualty (department), accident and emergency (department), US emergency room* * *urgenciaf1 urgency; (prisa) haste;con la máxima urgencia with the utmost urgency2 MED emergency;urgencias pl emergency room sg , A&E sg, Br casualty sg* * *urgencia nf1) : urgency2) emergencia: emergency* * *urgencia n1. (asunto urgente) emergency [pl. emergencies]el médico ha salido a atender una urgencia the doctor has been called out on an emergency2. (cualidad de urgente) urgencyla urgencia del caso the urgency of the case
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.