ambulancia

/ambuˈlanθja/ · B1 · noun · f

ambulance

ambulancia — ambulance

🚑 From Latin ambulare, to walk: a hospital that moves (like amble)

French armies had a hôpital ambulant, a field hospital that travelled with the troops. The same root gives English amble and ambulatory. In Spanish it is feminine: la ambulancia.

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