emergencia

See also: emergència and emergência

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /emeɾˈxenθja/ [e.meɾˈxẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /emeɾˈxensja/ [e.meɾˈxẽn.sja]

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• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: e‧mer‧gen‧cia

Noun

emergencia f (plural emergencias)

1. emergency

   Synonym: urgencia

2. emergence

   Synonym: surgimiento

Derived terms

• de emergencia
• estado de emergencia
• luces de emergencia
• sala de emergencias

 

Related terms

• emergente
• emergir

 

Further reading

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