What does emergencia in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word emergencia in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use emergencia in Spanish.

The word emergencia in Spanish means emergency, surfacing, emergency alarm, emergency lighting, back-up lighting, emergency button, emergency phone number. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word emergencia

emergency

nombre femenino (urgencia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Rápido, déjenos pasar, es una emergencia, tenemos que llevar al herido al hospital.
Quick, let us through, it's an emergency. We have to get the wounded man to the hospital.

surfacing

nombre femenino (acción de emerger) (from water)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Este nuevo sistema favorece la emergencia del submarino.
This new system assists the surfacing of the submarine.

emergency alarm

(sirena de alerta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El edificio fue evacuado cuando se escuchó la alarma de emergencia.
They evacuated the building when they heard the emergency alarm.

emergency lighting, back-up lighting

locución nominal femenina (baliza) (house)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Las luces de emergencia que hay en la casa se encienden en caso de apagón.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Some drivers believe that putting their hazard lights on gives them the right to stop their car anywhere they want!

emergency button

(botón de emergencia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

emergency phone number

locución nominal masculina (número para pedir ayuda)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La Policía y los bomberos tienen teléfonos de emergencia.
Both the Police and the Fire Department have an emergency telephone number.

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