Usage Note
Emergencia is a direct borrowing used widely across Latin America and Spain for an urgent crisis. Urgencias is the more common word for a hospital emergency room in Spain, while emergencias is used in Latin America. The phrase en caso de emergencia ('in case of emergency') is standard on signage.
Examples
"Llama al número de emergencias."
Natural Translation
Call the emergency number.
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