emergencia
/emeɾˈxenθja/ · A2 · noun · f
emergency
🚑 emergencia = emergency with -cia for -cy; from Latin emergere, to rise up
Near-identical cognate of English emergency: swap -cy for -cia, as in urgencia or agencia. Both come from Latin emergere, to rise out or surface, which is why the Spanish word also covers emergence. The g is a throaty h sound before e.