urgencia

See also: urgència and urgência

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /uɾˈxenθja/ [uɾˈxẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /uɾˈxensja/ [uɾˈxẽn.sja]

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• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: ur‧gen‧cia

Noun

urgencia f (plural urgencias)

1. urgency

   Synonym: premura

2. emergency

   Synonym: emergencia

Related terms

• urgente
• urgir

 

Further reading

• “urgencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16