emergency

emergencia, urgencia

Situación grave e inesperada que exige actuar de inmediato.

En inglés sencillo: A serious, unexpected situation that needs immediate action.

• Call for help in an emergency.
• The pilot landed safely after an emergency.
• Keep this number for emergencies.

Cómo se usa: in an emergency (Use these stairs in an emergency.)

Sinónimos: crisis

Expresiones frecuentes: in an emergency, medical emergency, emergency services

urgencias

Parte del hospital donde se atiende inmediatamente a personas con lesiones graves o enfermedades repentinas.

En inglés sencillo: The part of a hospital where people with serious injuries or sudden illness receive immediate care.

• The ambulance took him to emergency.
• She works in emergency at the hospital.
• We waited in emergency for a doctor.

Sinónimos: emergency department, emergency room

Expresiones frecuentes: taken to emergency, in emergency, emergency department